This is further established by the eleventh argument, which may be stated as follows. The opponent made certain statements in the introduction to the book, such as:

“When a person reflects on the terrestrial and celestial bodies and considers their attributes, such inquiry follows a rule. But if he wishes to move from this to knowledge of divine lordship, he must develop for himself a different innate disposition, a different method, and a different intellect from the intellect that guided him to knowledge of corporeal things.”

He also endorsed what he related from Aristotle, the teacher of the Sabians who introduced alterations, who said:

“Whoever wishes to embark upon knowledge of divine matters should develop for himself a different innate disposition.”