Averroes (Ibn Rushd):

The purpose of rhetoric is to persuade, the purpose of logic is to prove, and the purpose of philosophy is to know.

— Averroes (Ibn Rushd) Medieval

Islamic philosopher

Classification of sciences

c. 1180 CE

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