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vague generalities, and mechanical analogies. Consequently
no one immature in knowledge should think that he could arrive
at absolute certainty in any of these cases, although it
has been customary to cite them under those parts of scholastic
theology where absolute certainty is the desired goal.
For no one who follows the common practices and conventional
formalities will ever succeed.
)1(THE CONFUSION OF MU'TAZILITES AND THE MURJI'ITES
If you should say, "What then are the fallacies of the Mu'tazilites
and the Murji'ites (and anyone who follows this way of
thought), and what are the proofs that their position is false"?
I would then say that their fallacies arose from their
no one immature in knowledge should think that he could arrive
at absolute certainty in any of these cases, although it
has been customary to cite them under those parts of scholastic
theology where absolute certainty is the desired goal.
For no one who follows the common practices and conventional
formalities will ever succeed.
)1(THE CONFUSION OF MU'TAZILITES AND THE MURJI'ITES
If you should say, "What then are the fallacies of the Mu'tazilites
and the Murji'ites (and anyone who follows this way of
thought), and what are the proofs that their position is false"?
I would then say that their fallacies arose from their