Ibn Hazm: Gleanings from his Thoughts on Philosophy and Science
by The Editorial Board Table of contents 3. His Works and their
historical assessment 4. Virtues of science 5. Territoriality of
Science 6. Fundamental duties of the scholar 7. The perfect
sciences 8. Conduct of scholars in disputations 9.
Classification of sciences 10. Various considerations in science
10.1 Sciences of number and geometry 10.2 On astronomy 10.3 On
physics Note of the editor This article was previously published
on www.MuslimHeritage.com in September 2003. The present version
was revised and edited by FSTC Research Team in April 2013.
Fig.1 Statue of Ibn Hazm in Cordoba. (Source). Ibn Hazm grew up
in the period of final collapse of Umayyad rule in Spain as the
nation disintegrated into often conflicting local states. That
period of turbulence and his early education by women, in whose
midst he grew up, far from the company of other children, were
to have profound effects on Ibn Hazm's thoughts and character.
As a scholar, Ibn Haz