500 – 1400 CE
Philosophy intertwined with theology across cultures.
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one wi…
— Thomas Aquinas
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no expl..."
"A change in conditions is as if the entire creation had changed and the whole wo..."
"Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect."
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence.
— Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
"Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence."
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion a…
"The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have reli..."
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only on…
— Augustine of Hippo
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
— Al-Ghazali
"Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolish..."
Width of knowledge is more important than depth of knowledge.
— Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
"Width of knowledge is more important than depth of knowledge."
We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us.
— Al-Kindi
"We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to u..."
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Tod…
— Rumi
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I a..."
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
— Moses Maimonides
"The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision."
To study the self is to forget the self.
— Dogen
"To study the self is to forget the self."
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