Relationship between Philosophy, Science and Mysticism

Do you know that during the era of Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and Ibn Rushd (Averroes), the role of falsafeh (philosophy) in the Islamic civilization, performed a central role in the formulation of sciences?

"The science of logic, the problem of the classification of the sciences, the methodology of the sciences and their interaction with the rest of the Islamic culture were all deeply concerned with and of concern to falsafah and its elaboration in Islam. Moreover, during this early period most of the great scientists were also philosophers and quite often mystics." [1]

The development of Islamic science in the early period is related to that of the Eastern Peripatetic School of Philosophy founded by Ibn Sina and Farabi. The meaning of “hakim” which denotes at once a physician, scientist and philosopher is the best proof of this connection." [1]

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Source:
[1] Seyyed Hossein Nasr. “Islamic Philosophy from its Origin to Present.” State University of NY Press. 2006.