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which does not occur at all in 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 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