500 – 1400 CE
Philosophy intertwined with theology across cultures.
Brahman is real; the world is unreal; the individual soul is Brahman alone, not other.
— Adi Shankara
"Brahman is real; the world is unreal; the individual soul is Brahman alone, not ..."
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure.
— Augustine of Hippo
"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adven..."
"Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect."
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
— Omar Khayyam
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
Beware the man of a single book.
— Thomas Aquinas
"Beware the man of a single book."
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
— Al-Ghazali
"To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate."
"Knowledge of the Self is the one direct means to liberation."
The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.
"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will def..."
That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.
— Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
"That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence."
The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is …
"The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or comp..."
"If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to fi..."
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion a…
— Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
"The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have reli..."
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