We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.
As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came in… - Abdolkarim Soroush
As a result of the awareness and consciousness of decline, an awareness and consciousness of a national ethnicity or an Islamic identity also came in…
- Abdolkarim Soroush
People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. - Abdolkarim Soroush
People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this… - Abdolkarim Soroush
If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this…
Compromise has a negative connotation. - Abdolkarim Soroush
Compromise has a negative connotation.
Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals. - Abdolkarim Soroush
Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner. - Abdolkarim Soroush
In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.
Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere. - Abdolkarim Soroush
Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.
We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must… - Abdolkarim Soroush
We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must…
We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs… - Abdolkarim Soroush
We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs…
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