Arithmetic
idea · 4 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
arithmetic · علم الحساب · al-ḥisāb · reckoning · the science of arithmetic · الحساب
in the texts
Bayān zaghl al-ʻilm wa-al-ṭalab
The science of reckoning, denied Islamic origin and assigned to the Copts and Persians, admitted as a craft and a livelihood, and shown to breed theft in proportion to skill except where its practitioner fears God.
Arithmetic and the instituting of the register (*al-dīwān*) belong to the sciences of the Copts and the Persians;
[28] (1) It is as though he were letting himself forget what has been said concerning the words of God Most High, reported of Joseph, peace be upon him, “I am a trusty keeper, knowing” — that is, a keeper of tongues, knowing the science of arithmetic, as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Māwardī and others have mentioned.
( The Science of Arithmetic (*al-ḥisāb*) )
Kitāb mīzān al-ḥaqq fī al-manṭiq
The science of number, whose possibility is explained by the abstraction of number from what is numbered
It is in this way that we observe the ratios between numbers and dispute about the properties of fractions and other matters in the science of arithmetic — that is, by leaving out of account any particular numbered thing taken in itself.
Law in a Free State
The school subject of arithmetic, analyzed as a conventional system of expression rather than substantive knowledge of Nature.
The first subject of study which can truly be called knowledge is arithmetic;
Memorabilia
Recommended mathematical study governed by Socrates' principle of usefulness.
He also recommended the study of arithmetic.