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Al-Kindī

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#AlKindi

Al-Kindī · c. 801–873 CE

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“One man in ninth-century Baghdad argued Greek philosophy through the gates of a scriptural civilization — and along the way produced an argument for God's existence that people are still debating on stages today, and invented the technique that breaks secret codes.”
— The Great Philosophers, Ch. 70

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“Truth has no passport. Wisdom from foreign nations and past ages does not threaten a civilization's faith — it completes it, and we should be ashamed only of refusing it.”
— The Great Philosophers, Ch. 70

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