Ibn Khaldun reiterated the need for us to use our own minds and make our own decisions. He said:
It often happens that people are (incredulous) with regards to historical information, just as it also happens that they are tempted to exaggerate certain information, in order to be able to report something remarkable … Therefore a person should look at his sources and rely upon himself. With a clear mind and straightforward, natural (common sense) he should distinguish between the nature of the possible and the impossible. (source: The Muqaddimah, translated by Franz Rosenthal (2005), p. 146)
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kinda unfair to cherry-pick quotes from him, no?
kinda difficult to quote everything from him too… might as well you read the book yourself, no?
