sophistry we know the necessity of the truth of this premise. it was said to them so how do you deny the people of contemplation if they claim that in their doctrine and in their distinction between what they have erred in and what they have not erred in and their distinction between themselves and their opponents? if they claim that this requires contemplation and what we are in is selfevident then we say and arithmetic requires the most precise contemplation. if a man of shortsightedness or weak intelligence makes a mistake in a matter that you know from arithmetic does that make you doubt that the arithmetic sciences are true? if you say no it is said this is the case of the investigating observers when those who disagree with them disagree and this should be upon them in every situation because their boasting is greater than the disagreement of the observers and that this should destroy security and our disagreement with them did not destroy their security regarding the premises that they organized then they hoped with that that our security would be destroyed regarding the theories because of the disagreement of those who disagreed with them and this is from the cold hope and weak suspicion that no sane person would be deceived by the likes of it.
السوفسطائية ونعلم ضرورة صدق هذه المقدمة قيل لهم فبم تنكرون على اهل النظر إذا ادعو ذلك في مذهبهم وفي تفريقهم بين ما غالطوا فيه وبين مالم يغالطوا فيه وفرقهم بين انفسهم ومخالفيهم فإن زعموا ان ذلك يفتقر فيه الى تأمل وما نحن فيه بديهي فنقول والحسابيات يحتاج فيها الى أدق تأمل فإن غلط في مسئلة عرفتموها من الحساب رجل قصر نظره أو ضعف ذكاؤه فهل يشكككم ذلك في أن العلوم الحسابية صادقة فإن قلتم لا قيل فهكذا حال النظار المحققين إذا خالفهم المخالفون وهذا ينبغي ان يكون عليهم في كل مقام لان تبجحهم الاكثر باختلاف النظار وان ذلك ينبغي ان يسقط الامان وخلافنا لهم لم يسقط امانهم عن مقدماتهم التي نظموها ثم طمعوا مع ذلك ان يسقط اماننا عن النظريات بخلاف المخالف فيها وهذا من الطمع البارد والظن الركيك الذي لا ينخدع بمثله عاقل