 The five sections of Alfarabi (Alfarabi, 1985–1987, v. 1, pp. 63–74) (Dunlop, 1955) contain general indications on how to proceed with the study of logic; they are propaedeutic guidelines (Kleven, 2013–2014). Avempace feels the need for an explanation why these indications are given and begins his annotations with it: