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informed of this fact, and had not discovered it by experiment, he would
say, `This is impossible; the proof of its impossibility is that the opium
contains the elements of fire and air, and these elements do not increase
cold; even supposing it was entirely composed of water and earth, that
would not necessitate this extreme freezing action, much less does it do so
when the two hot elements are joined with them.‟ He supposes that this is a
proof!
Most of the philosophers‟ proofs in natural science and theology are
constructed in this fashion. They conceive of things according to the
¹²[¹⁴] A version of this book is available online under the title “Alchemy of Happiness” on
al-ghazali.org.
Note that there are many version of this book in circulation. Most likely he meant the book that
was written
in Persian which is similar to his Arabic work the ‘Ihya. (ed.)
measure of their observations and reasoning. What they are unfamiliar with
say, `This is impossible; the proof of its impossibility is that the opium
contains the elements of fire and air, and these elements do not increase
cold; even supposing it was entirely composed of water and earth, that
would not necessitate this extreme freezing action, much less does it do so
when the two hot elements are joined with them.‟ He supposes that this is a
proof!
Most of the philosophers‟ proofs in natural science and theology are
constructed in this fashion. They conceive of things according to the
¹²[¹⁴] A version of this book is available online under the title “Alchemy of Happiness” on
al-ghazali.org.
Note that there are many version of this book in circulation. Most likely he meant the book that
was written
in Persian which is similar to his Arabic work the ‘Ihya. (ed.)
measure of their observations and reasoning. What they are unfamiliar with