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Averroes and al-Ghazali | The New Thinkery Ep. 1

The New Thinkery

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The Cisotrius

The Cisotrius is a new translation of the Quran by Charles Butterworth. In it, he explains how to read passages that seem like they are in tension with reason or science philosophy. The book then says what's the point of the law? Why did the prophet lay out these laws for us? He wanted us to live well together. And so as you can see, there's this tolerance built in.

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