The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Prophetic Guidance for the Modern Age
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reality, made full use of whatever knowledge it had
at its disposal. But the case of philosophy was
different. It remained ignorant of its limitations for
thousands of years. In ancient times the fields of
philosophy and science were not separate from one
another. They were regarded as equal parts of
human
knowledge.
Ancient
philosophers
considered all aspects of knowledge as belonging to
their own sphere and gave thought to all of them in
their totality.
Three hundred years ago the division of study was
worked out, in that the subjects of science and
philosophy were separated from one another. Now
the perusal of realities of meaning or truths became
the subject of philosophy, while the objective
realities became the subject of science. That is to say,
the chemistry of flowers became the subject of
science while the meaningfulness of flowers became
the subject of philosophy. This division of
knowledge,
or
in
other
words,
this
acknowledgment of human limitation led to the
emergence of extraordinary results. In ancient
times, man remained engaged in intellectual efforts
without differentiating between the knowable and
