“Certainly in order to understand the natural world one needs clarity, logic, and the capacity for theory building. But that understanding tends to improve because and to the extent that it is provisional, hypothetical, when it looks for disconfirmation in the particular rather than final proof as a universal.” WorldNeedsLooksOrderUnderstandingNaturalBuildingParticularTheoryCapacityLogicUniversalFinalsProofClarityNatural WorldHypothetical Author:Talal Asad
“The propensity to intellectualize is itself both essential and dangerous. I think in our modern world we are much more aware of its essential character than of its dangers, and that is why I think of it as being an expression of transcendence.” ThinkingWorldCharacterModernDangerousDangerExpressionEssentialsModern WorldTranscendencePropensity Author:Talal Asad
“I think we need to think about Islamic tradition as a way of asking questions that cut across (and transgress) the assumptions of a purely secular world in which we already know how things stand for individual subjects as well as for societies.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayNeedsWellsIndividualKnow HowCuttingSubjectsTraditionAskingAssumptionIslamicSecularAsking Questions Author:Talal Asad
