HISTORY OF

THOUGHT
MPU 1213 Prepared by: Prabha Krish

CHAPTER 1: KNOWLEDGE FROM ISLAMIC

PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 2: RENAISSANCE
CHAPTER 3: DARWINS THEORY
CHAPTER 4: CONNECTION BETWEEN
SECULARISM, RATIONALISM, AND DIVINE
KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER 5: ISLAM, SECULARISM AND
LIBERALISM
CHAPTER 6: ZIONISM
CHAPTER 7: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
CHAPTER 8: HUMAN RIGHTS
CHAPTER 9: HINDUISM
CHAPTER 10: BUDDHISM

CHAPTER 1 : KNOWLEDGE FROM

ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

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DEFINITION OF KNOWLEDGE
SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE
CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ISSUES

1.1 DEFINITION OF KNOWLEDGE

Facts, information, and skills acquired
through experience or education; the
theoretical or practical understanding of a
subject.
Modern level of academic qualification:
1. Diploma
2. Bachelor Degree
3. Master
4. Phd

The source of knowledge from the Islamic

review:
1. Divine Knowledge (al-wahyu)
2. Instinct
3. Intelligence

CHAPTER 2: RENAISSANCE
DEFINITION OF RENAISSANCE

The word Renaissance means Rebirth.

is a period in Europe, from the 14th to the

17th century, considered the bridge
between the Middle Ages and modern
history. It started as a cultural movement in
Italy in the Late Medieval period and later
spread to the rest of Europe, marking the
beginning of the Early Modern Age.

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that

profoundly affected European intellectual life
in the early modern period.
Beginning in Italy, and spreading to the rest of
Europe by the 16th century, its influence was
felt in;

1.

Origin

2.

Art
Science
Religion

3.
4.

ORIGIN