Search for Truth
Search for Truth
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might have provided a sound answer to the human
dilemma.
The main concern of philosophy was to make a
unified picture of the world, including human life.
But the long history of philosophy shows that this
still remains an unfulfilled dream. The
Encyclopaedia
Britannica
in its 27-page article on philosophy and
its history admits that there seems to be no
possibility of philosophical unification. The article
concludes with this remark:
In the contemporary philosophical universe,
multiplicity and division still reign. (
EB
, Vol.
14:274 [1984])
Why this failure? This failure is not of a chance or
intermittent nature, but seems to be a permanent
feature of the philosophical approach to reality. The
Qur’an has drawn our attention to this fact, saying:
They put questions to you about the Spirit.
Say: “The Spirit is at the command of my Lord
and of knowledge you have been given only a
little.” (17:85)
