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any other Greek philosopher's works had been translated into Arabic or not, that we may know whether the Muslims were ac quainted with other schools of philosophy.
e. , till the middle of the fourth Islamic century+ Qazi Sa'id writes, that among the later writers were numerous followers of Pythagoras, who had consolidated and revived his ancient theory of Physics.
He was a great oppo• nent of Aristotle's philosophy, and has written books supporting Pythagoras and refuting Aristotle.
Qazi Sa'id, who himself is the author of a book on the sciences of the contemporary nations, under the title "Tabaqat ul Umam," knew all the schools of philosophy fully.
Though him• self a strict follower of Aristotle, he has given a very honest account of all the different schools of Greek philosophys.
Ia'far al-Barmaki, he not only recited the works of Aristotle, but refuted them then and there, and also wrote a book on the subjects.
Ibn Taimiyeh mentions it in his work; Ar-Raddu' alal Mantiqiyin, Whatever Hasan Nau• bakhti wrote was nothing more than a collection of the opinions of his predecessors, showing the fallacies of Aristotle.
There is one man more, by name He ba tu Ila bin Ali Abu Barkat, a courtier of the Caliph Mustanjid billah, who wrote a book in refutation of Aristotle's philosophy.
He has amusingly described the confusion and amazement of the philosophers, in his book Kitab-ul-t Aql wa'n-Naql, He has written a whole volume, Ar• Raddu 'alal Mantiqiyin, in refutation of Aristotle's system of logic.