Explanation of the Philosophy of the First Book for Mu'tashim Billah by Al-Kindi

This Android application is an explanation of the philosophy of the first book for Mu'tashim Billah by Al-Kindi. In Pdf format.

The noblest and highest level of philosophy is First Philosophy, namely, knowledge of the First Truth which is the cause of all truth. Therefore, the perfect and most noble philosopher must be someone who truly understands this great knowledge; because knowledge of causes is nobler than knowledge of effects, because our knowledge is complete of everything there is to know only when we have complete knowledge of the causes.

Every cause is always between matter (substance) or form or agent, that is, from which motion begins; or end, that is, something like that. There are four scientific questions, as we have decided elsewhere in our philosophical treatises; between “whether”, “what”, “which” or “why”.

“Is” is an inquiry into the existence of (something); “what” traces the genus of every existence that has a genus; “which” explores the specific differences; “what” and “which” both investigate species; and “why” is the final cause, because it is a search for absolute causes.

It is proven that when we gain comprehensive knowledge of matter (substance) we thereby gain comprehensive knowledge of the genus; and when we have complete knowledge of form we thus gain complete knowledge of species, knowledge of specific differences being included in the knowledge of species.

Therefore, when we gain a thorough knowledge of matter, its form and first causes, we thereby gain a comprehensive knowledge of the definition and basic nature of every object recognized in its definition.

The knowledge of the true first cause is called "First Philosophy", because all the other parts of philosophy are contained in that knowledge. Hence the first cause is first in glory, first in genus, first in degree of appreciation of the most certain knowledge; and the earliest, because it is the cause of time.

Hopefully the material content of this application can be useful for self-introspection and better improvement in everyday life.

Please provide reviews and input for the development of this application, give a 5 star rating to encourage us in developing other useful applications.

Happy reading.

Disclaimer:

All content in this application is not our trademark. We only get content from search engines and websites. The copyright of all content in this application is fully owned by the creator concerned. We aim to share knowledge and make learning easier for readers with this application, so there is no download feature in this application. If you are the copyright holder of the content files contained in this application and do not like your content displayed, please contact us via email developer and tell us about your ownership status on that content.