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systems of unbelief and others of innovation. Thus just as the Mu‟tazilite system
does not in itself represent a branch of science, but its protagonists, as a group
of theologians and specialists in the art of philosophical disputation, have been
distinguished by their erroneous views, so are the philosophers.
The fourth: This is physics of, which some parts contradict the law and the true
Religion, and are therefore folly. These are not science that they may be
classified under sciences. Others are a study of the qualities of the different
substances, their properties, transmutation and change. This part resembles the
researches of physicians, except the physician studies the human body,
particularly the cause of its diseases and cure, while the physicists study all
substances from the standpoint of change and motion.
Medicine however, is superior to physics because the former is needed while the
latter is not needed.
The Virtues of the Scholars of Islamic Jurisprudence
does not in itself represent a branch of science, but its protagonists, as a group
of theologians and specialists in the art of philosophical disputation, have been
distinguished by their erroneous views, so are the philosophers.
The fourth: This is physics of, which some parts contradict the law and the true
Religion, and are therefore folly. These are not science that they may be
classified under sciences. Others are a study of the qualities of the different
substances, their properties, transmutation and change. This part resembles the
researches of physicians, except the physician studies the human body,
particularly the cause of its diseases and cure, while the physicists study all
substances from the standpoint of change and motion.
Medicine however, is superior to physics because the former is needed while the
latter is not needed.
The Virtues of the Scholars of Islamic Jurisprudence