Ar-Hazi's Dialectical Procedure

Fakhratin: Everyone who prays to God is asking for him to intercede concerning something particular. This sort of prayer only makes sense if Avasenna is wrong, and that, Ar-Hazi says, is good enough for him. On at least some topics he does develop a more robust positive theory," writes Fakhratin. "He thinks everything we do is intended to win us pleasure or to spare us pain"