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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 tackle small problems. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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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. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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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
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Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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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
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Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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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 expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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When I have an idea, I'm like a pregnant woman. I just have to deliver. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular dogma. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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Compromise has a negative connotation. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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Islam, or any religion, will become totalitarian if it is made into an ideology, because that is the nature of ideologies. - Abdolkarim Soroush
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