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All that is part of the philosophy of Aristotle and falls under three heads: (1) what must be
counted as
unbelief; (2) what must be counted as heresy; (3) what is not to be denied at all.
Let us proceed to the
details:
B. The Various Philosophical Sciences. For our present purpose the philosophical sciences are six in
number: mathematics, logic, natural science, theology, politics, and ethics.
1. MATHEMATICS. This embraces arithmetic, plane geometry and solid geometry. None of its results are
connected with religious matters, either to deny or to affirm them. They are matters of
demonstration which it
is impossible to deny once they have been understood and comprehended. Nevertheless,
there are two
drawbacks which arise from mathematics.
(a) The first is that every student of mathematics admires its precision and
the clarity of its
demonstrations. This leads him to believe in the philosophers and to think that all their sciences
counted as
unbelief; (2) what must be counted as heresy; (3) what is not to be denied at all.
Let us proceed to the
details:
B. The Various Philosophical Sciences. For our present purpose the philosophical sciences are six in
number: mathematics, logic, natural science, theology, politics, and ethics.
1. MATHEMATICS. This embraces arithmetic, plane geometry and solid geometry. None of its results are
connected with religious matters, either to deny or to affirm them. They are matters of
demonstration which it
is impossible to deny once they have been understood and comprehended. Nevertheless,
there are two
drawbacks which arise from mathematics.
(a) The first is that every student of mathematics admires its precision and
the clarity of its
demonstrations. This leads him to believe in the philosophers and to think that all their sciences