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Yahya M. Michot, PhD. Prof.
Wisdom and Its Sciences
in Khojazada’s Tabafut
P. 227-238
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HOCAZADE
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(22 - 24 EKIM 2010 BURSA)
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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON KHOJAZADA
(22-24 OcTOBER 2010 BURSA)
—PROCEEDINGS—
EDITORLER/EDITORS
Tevrik YOcEDOSRU
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U. Murat KILavuz
KADIR GOMBEYAZ
Bursa Buiyiiksehir Belediyesi Yayinlart
Uluslararass Hocaztide Semporyunu (22-24 Ekim 2010 Bursa) —Bildiriler—
International Symposium on Kbojazaida (22-24 October 2010 Bursa) ~Proceedings—
Editérler: T. Yuicedogru, O. $. Kologlu, U. M. Kilavuz & K. Gémbeyaz
ISBN: 978-605-61689-1-8
1, Basim Mart 2011
BURSA 2011 Wisdom and Its Sciences in Khojazada’s Tabafut
xX alyga M. Michot, Php. Prof. In the introduction to his Tabafut,'
onal Center Khojazada_ offers the
Hartford seminary
Hartford, Connecticut, USA Cbikenad:
Wisdom is primarily divided into a
theoretical [part] and a practical
[part]. Indeed, if it relates to that
on which it is in our power
(qudra) to have an influence (ta'tbin, it is practical wisdom; if it does
not, [it is] theoretical [wisdom].
Practical [wisdom] either pertains to the single individual or it does not
pertain to [him]. The one which pertains [to him] is the science of ethics,
As for the one which does not pertain {to him], if it only considers the
association of the inhabitants of the house, it is the science of the
governance (tadbir) of the household; if it does not, it is [the science of]
the governance of the city.
Theoretical [wisdom] is either the science of that which is abstracted
from corporeal matter in the two existences, [mental or external], or it is
not. The first [type] is the superior science. It is also called “the universal
science’, “the first philosophy’, “the science of metaphysics” and “the
divine science”. As for the one which is not [abstracted from corporeal
matter in the two existences, mental or external], if the abstraction of its
object from {matter} is true in the mind (dbibn) only, it is the
intermediary science and it is also called “the science of mathematics";
otherwise? it is the science of physics and it is also called “the inferior
science”.
‘These are the fundamental parts (as) of wisdom.
' Khojazada, Muslih al-Din Mustafa ibn Yasuf al-Birsawi, Tabdfut al-Falasifa (in the
margin along with al-Ghazal’s Tabdfut al-Falasifa and tbn Rushd’s Tabafut al-Tabafud),
Mustafa al-Babi al-Halabi, Cairo 1321/1903, 6; Tabafut al-Faldsifa, al-Matba‘at al-
Ilamiyya, Cairo 1302/1884, 4.
Le, ifthe abstraction of its object from matter is even not true in the mind.
summary account of the fundamental
and derived divisions of wisdom
sayfa.227
