Source: The Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun, translated by Franz Rosenthal (2005, p. 5)
Blind trust in tradition is an inherited trait in human beings. Occupation with the (scholarly)disciplines on the part of those who have no genuine claim to them is widespread. But the pasture of stupidity is unwholesome for mankind. No one can stand up against the authority of truth, and the evil of falsehood is to be fought with enlightening speculation. The reporter merely dictates and passes on (the material). It takes critical insight to sort out the hidden truth; it takes knowledge to lay truth bare and polish it so that critical insight may be applied to it.
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Salam bro wan saiful. Semua terus dalam perjuangan.
“No one can stand up against the authority of truth, and the evil of falsehood is to be fought with enlightening speculation. ”
Q: who holds the authority of truth?
it seems to me that there is a wide poly-interpretation (if i may) of certain issues (eg. religion) even within a restricted region (with its society’s culture). As a result, the concept of ‘Justified True Belief’ has been mixed up.
Would you agree that there is no one true system that fits all?
ro ya alip dhod: jazakallah.
azad: Ultimately, it is for us to make up our own mind – not by blind following. Look at quote from page 42.