500 – 1400 CE
Philosophy intertwined with theology across cultures.
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.
— Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
"The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have reli..."
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence.
— Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
"Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence."
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
— Moses Maimonides
"The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision."
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
— Thomas Aquinas
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."
Width of knowledge is more important than depth of knowledge.
"Width of knowledge is more important than depth of knowledge."
Beware the man of a single book.
"Beware the man of a single book."
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to c...
"Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated tru..."
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
— Augustine of Hippo
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page."
The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is kn...
"The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or comp..."
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed h..."
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what..."
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no expl..."
