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religion to reject medical science, so likewise the rejection of natural science is not one of its
conditions,
except with regard to particular points which I enumerate in my book, The Incoherence of the
Philosophers.
Any other points on which a different view has to be taken from the philosophers are shown by
reflection to
be implied in those mentioned. The basis of all these objections is the recognition that nature is
in subjection
to Allah most high, not acting of itself but serving as an instrument in the hands of its Creator.
Sun and moon,
stars and elements, are in subjection to His command. There is none of them whose activity is
produced by
or proceeds from its own essence.
4. THEOLOGY OR METAPHYSICS. Here occur most of the errors of the philosophers. They are unable to
satisfy the conditions of proof they lay down in logic, and consequently differ much from one
another here.
The views of Aristotle, as expounded by al-Farabi and Ibn Sina, are close to those of the Islamic
writers. All
conditions,
except with regard to particular points which I enumerate in my book, The Incoherence of the
Philosophers.
Any other points on which a different view has to be taken from the philosophers are shown by
reflection to
be implied in those mentioned. The basis of all these objections is the recognition that nature is
in subjection
to Allah most high, not acting of itself but serving as an instrument in the hands of its Creator.
Sun and moon,
stars and elements, are in subjection to His command. There is none of them whose activity is
produced by
or proceeds from its own essence.
4. THEOLOGY OR METAPHYSICS. Here occur most of the errors of the philosophers. They are unable to
satisfy the conditions of proof they lay down in logic, and consequently differ much from one
another here.
The views of Aristotle, as expounded by al-Farabi and Ibn Sina, are close to those of the Islamic
writers. All