It is like the thirsty traveller who at first sincerely sought the water of knowledge, but who later, having found it plain perhaps, proceeded to temper his cup with the salt of doubt so that his thirst now becomes insatiable though he drinks incessantly, and that in thus drinking the water that cannot slake his thirst, he has forgotten the original and true purpose for which the water was sought.
Change, development and progress, according to the Islamic viewpoint, refer to the return to the genuine Islam enunciated and practised by the Holy P… - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
Change, development and progress, according to the Islamic viewpoint, refer to the return to the genuine Islam enunciated and practised by the Holy P…
- Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
Islam is a religion based upon knowledge, and a denial of the possibility and objectivity of knowledge would involve the destruction of the fundament… - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
Islam is a religion based upon knowledge, and a denial of the possibility and objectivity of knowledge would involve the destruction of the fundament…
But the philosophical and scientific process which I call 'secularization' necessarily involves the divesting of spiritual meaning from the world of … - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
But the philosophical and scientific process which I call 'secularization' necessarily involves the divesting of spiritual meaning from the world of …
Justice implies knowledge of the right and proper place for a thing or a being to be; of right as against wrong; of the mean and limit; of spiritual … - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
Justice implies knowledge of the right and proper place for a thing or a being to be; of right as against wrong; of the mean and limit; of spiritual …
To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead t… - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
To know how to put what knowledge in which place is wisdom (hikmah). Otherwise, knowledge without order and seeking it without discipline does lead t…
It is like the thirsty traveller who at first sincerely sought the water of knowledge, but who later, having found it plain perhaps, proceeded to tem… - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
It is like the thirsty traveller who at first sincerely sought the water of knowledge, but who later, having found it plain perhaps, proceeded to tem…
Man is like an island set in isolation in a fathomless sea enveloped by darkness, saying that the loneliness his self knows is so utterly absolute be… - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
Man is like an island set in isolation in a fathomless sea enveloped by darkness, saying that the loneliness his self knows is so utterly absolute be…
Justice and injustice indeed begins and ends with the self. - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
Justice and injustice indeed begins and ends with the self.
Today I meet with Dr. Syamsuddin Arif. He said Prof. al-Attas says, "I don't read much but I think a lot - Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
Today I meet with Dr. Syamsuddin Arif. He said Prof. al-Attas says, "I don't read much but I think a lot
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