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the collections of sound Prophetic Sayings.)
This is the character of mathematics and its drawbacks.
2. LOGIC. Nothing in logic is relevant to religion by way of denial or affirmation.
Logic is the study of the methods of demonstration and of forming syllogisms, of
the conditions for the premises of proofs, of the manner of combining the
premises, of the conditions for sound definition and the manner of ordering it.
Knowledge comprises (a) the concept (tasawwur), which is apprehended by
definition, and (b) the assertion or judgment (tasdiq), which is apprehended by
proof. There is nothing here which requires to be denied. Matters of this kind are
actually mentioned by the theologians and speculative thinkers in connection with
the topic of demonstrations. The philosophers differ from these only in the
expressions and technical terms they employ and in their greater elaboration of
the explanations and classifications. An example of this is their proposition, `If it
is true that all A is B, then it follows that some B is A‟, that is, `If it is true that all
the collections of sound Prophetic Sayings.)
This is the character of mathematics and its drawbacks.
2. LOGIC. Nothing in logic is relevant to religion by way of denial or affirmation.
Logic is the study of the methods of demonstration and of forming syllogisms, of
the conditions for the premises of proofs, of the manner of combining the
premises, of the conditions for sound definition and the manner of ordering it.
Knowledge comprises (a) the concept (tasawwur), which is apprehended by
definition, and (b) the assertion or judgment (tasdiq), which is apprehended by
proof. There is nothing here which requires to be denied. Matters of this kind are
actually mentioned by the theologians and speculative thinkers in connection with
the topic of demonstrations. The philosophers differ from these only in the
expressions and technical terms they employ and in their greater elaboration of
the explanations and classifications. An example of this is their proposition, `If it
is true that all A is B, then it follows that some B is A‟, that is, `If it is true that all