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Abdallah Laroui
Born
Morocco
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“Arab culture both in its classical expression and in the most influential aspect of its present-day expression is opposed in almost every particular to liberal culture”
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“it was the rupture of the community that opened the way to rational criticism; but often it was reckoned that rational criticism was valid only for others, whereas the first criterion � that of testimonial criticism � would suffice for one’s own party.”
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“The necessity for rational critique was increasingly felt in the tenth century, when the idea of a double truth became widespread: one for internal use and the other to be upheld outside the group; the old critical method was no longer sufficient, because it was known that a witness could lie.”
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