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Quote by Abdolkarim Soroush
We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality. – Abdolkarim Soroush

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Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals. – Abdolkarim Soroush

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