The Status of Philosophy in Islamic Law and Theology

The study of jurisprudence is licit or even encouraged, within islam. The famous decisive treatise veroes takes up the question of the status of philosophy in islam. It boldly argues that philosophy is not just permitted, but actually obligatory for who are in a position to pursue it. And finally, ordinary people believe by being persuaded through a combination of rhetoric and dialectic these people simply believe what they have been told.