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contradict
one another, and no confidence can be placed in the speculations of the speculative thinkers
(ashab al-
ray). He who summons to ta`lim makes assertions without proof. How then through doubt
can I keep
certainty?
(3) A fifth man says: `I do not perform these acts out of obedience to authority (taqlidan). I have
studied
philosophy and I know that prophecy actually exists and that its achievement is wise and
beneficial. I see
that the acts of worship it prescribes aim at keeping order among the common people and restraining
them
from fighting and quarreling with one another and from giving rein to their desires. But I am not
one of the
ignorant common people that I should enter within the narrow confines of duty. On the contrary I am
one of
the wise, I follow wisdom, and thereby see clearly (for myself) so that I do not require to follow
authority‟.
one another, and no confidence can be placed in the speculations of the speculative thinkers
(ashab al-
ray). He who summons to ta`lim makes assertions without proof. How then through doubt
can I keep
certainty?
(3) A fifth man says: `I do not perform these acts out of obedience to authority (taqlidan). I have
studied
philosophy and I know that prophecy actually exists and that its achievement is wise and
beneficial. I see
that the acts of worship it prescribes aim at keeping order among the common people and restraining
them
from fighting and quarreling with one another and from giving rein to their desires. But I am not
one of the
ignorant common people that I should enter within the narrow confines of duty. On the contrary I am
one of
the wise, I follow wisdom, and thereby see clearly (for myself) so that I do not require to follow
authority‟.