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First I have to start of saying, that I liked the second session a lot better than the first. The only real contemporary I could find is John Scotus Eriugena, “John the Scot”. He lived from 815-877 CE. Al-Kindi lived from 800-873 CE, so they lived in the same time. God and religion are bigContinue reading “How progressive was Al-Kindi’s philosophy compared to Western contemporaries?”

What is tolerance? The lecture brought up the question if people today are less tolerant than the medieval Middle Eastern people. The Cambridge Dictionary definition of “tolerance” is: “willingness to accept behavior and beliefs that are different from our own, although you might not agree with or approve of them”.  Not only today, but alsoContinue reading “What is tolerance?”