Classification of Knowledge in Islam pdf

natural philosophy. In this branch, we may distinguish three maincategories of al-Fأ¤rأ¤bi’s writings. First we have the commentaries ona number of works of Aristotle and of some of his Greekcommentators.’ The most important of these is Shart kitأ¤b al-samأ¤’al-!abi’i (Commentary on Aristotle ‘s Physics). Among theothers, we may particularly mention Shart kitأ¤b al-samأ¤’ wa ‘l- ‘أ¤lam(Commentary on Aristotle’s Book of the Heavens and theUniverse) and Shart maqأ¤lat al-iskandar al-afrأ¼disi fi’l-nafs(Commentary on Alexander of Aphrodisias’ Treatise on the Soul). Thesecond category consists of a number of independent scientifictreatises of an expository nature on such subjects as psychology,zoology, meteorology, the nature of space and time, and the vacuum. hese include the Risأ¤latfi’l-khala’ (Treatise on the Vacuum), Kalأ¤mfia’4أ¤’ al-&ayawأ¤n (Discourse on Animal Organs), and Kalأ¤mfi’l-&aizwa’l-miqdأ¤r (Discourse on Space and Measure). We may also includc