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Section 11; Group 1 (Falsafah)

Elizabeth Barnard

            Falsafah happened in the Muslim world as a philosophical movement. It was not part of a religious movement. To many people it was considered a higher level of thinking or educated in science .It was believed to save people from their fear of death or misunderstanding of why things happen the way they do. It was a form of doubt about many things in life. For many people who followed religion and the prophecy it was difficult to imagine and understand something that took an unfamiliar form. It was much easier to relate visuals to human anatomy because people recognize that as real. It is hard to comprehend other formations and beings that take unfamiliar shapes that are not like humans. The Falsafah felt following the prophecy was not enough detailed information. Their writing appeared to be against the prophets for many people. They wrote about science and math and were influenced by the Neoplatonic texts. This was a correlation of history and present findings to form new ideas about similar events. Instead of following the prophecy they had a rationalist perspective.

Fact: T or F. Were the Falsafah rationalist and did they “belong to a history of doubt”?

Discussion: What is the relation of Plato talking about a lesson given by Socrates in his “Parable of the Cave” and the Falsafah writing rationally about science and math instead of following the prophets? Is there a relation between Socrates speaking of seeing only shadows of animal puppets ,the lake’s reflection, realizing what the first glimpse would feel like and then the Falsafah rationalizing the meaning instead of following the prophecy.