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A DECISIVE DISCOURSE ON THE
DELINEATION

OF THE

RELATION BETWEEN
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY.^[1]

 

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And after: Praise be to God for all His praiseworthy acts, and blessings on Mohammad, His slave, the Pure, the Chosen One and His Apostle. The purpose of the following treatise is to inquire through sacred Law^[2] whether the learning of philosophy and other sciences appertaining thereto is permitted, or called dangerous, or commended by the Law, and if commended, is it only approved or made obligatory.

1. A translation of Averroes' Kitab Fasl a'l Maqal wa Taqrir ma bain'a'l Shariata wa'l Hikmati mina'l Ittisal. Ed. by D. J. Muller, Philosophie und Theologie von Averroes, Munich 1859.
2. i. e. Shariat. Compare Jewish Torah.