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much closer
to the truth than others.

A. The schools of philosophers, and how the defect of unbelief affects them all.

The many philosophical sects and systems constitute three main groups: the Materialists
(Dahriyun), the


Naturalists (Tabi`iyun), and the Theists (Ilahyun).

The first group, the Materialists, are among the earliest philosophers. They deny the
Creator and
Disposer of the world, Omniscient and Omnipotent, and consider that the world has forever existed
just as it
is, of itself and without a creator, and that animals come from seed and seed from animals; this is
the way it
is and will forever be. These are the Zanadigah or irreligious people.