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Demonstration
al-burhān
البُرْهَان
Demonstration (burhān) is a syllogism composed of certain premises (yaqīniyyāt), and so yields a certain conclusion.
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Explanation
Of the five arts it is the only one that produces certainty. The others are judged by what their premises are: widely accepted, accepted on trust, imagined, or merely resembling the truth.
Its premises are the six kinds of certain premises: first principles, observations, experiential, intuitive, widely transmitted and those that carry their proof with them.
Also written as: burhan, burhaan, demonstrative proof.
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Practise
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