Mohammed Abed al-Jabri Quotes on Knowledge
Mohammed Abed al-Jabri was a Moroccan philosopher, long associated with Mohammed V University in Rabat, and one of the most influential Arab thinkers of the late twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Mohammed Abed al-Jabri on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Mohammed Abed al-Jabri:
“Arab reason has three faces: the bayan of language, the irfan of mysticism, and the burhan of demonstration.”
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Attributed to Mohammed Abed al-Jabri:
“Modernity for the Arabs begins not in imitation of Europe, but in the Andalusian rationalism of Averroes.”
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Attributed to Mohammed Abed al-Jabri:
“A tradition is alive only when its rationalism is recovered against its own dogmatism.”
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Attributed to Mohammed Abed al-Jabri:
“The critique of reason is the only path to the renewal of culture.”