Tariq Ramadan Quotes About Intellectual Humility
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It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.
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We always think from where we come from. We always think from the sources that shape our understanding. I think about the world through the lens of my Islamic tradition. I accept this but I must also have intellectual humility.
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The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.
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The problem, once again, as in all sciences is the attitude of the mind that is dealing with whatever field. The problem is not philosophy but the lack of intellectual humility. It is when reason becomes arrogant that we lose track. But intellectual humility with science: this is spirituality - this is the way we are with God. So we should not be scared and we must reconcile ourselves.
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Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know; intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know
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