Kant, Scheler and Bediuzzaman on Man
In the 18th century Western rationalism and enlightenment movement, one of the leading names, perhaps the foremost, was…
Perspectives
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Truth and Relativity
With the publication of the ‘Theory of Relativity’ at the turn of the century, the world-view based on…
Clock and Compass
Addiction to Urgent Tasks People like to be seen to be busy. If we’re busy, we’re important; if…
Thinking Straight and the Ways to Achieve It
Some truths are absolute, universal and without exception, some are general and some relative. For example, God’s existence…
What a Falling Stone Means
The laws of physics are mathematical expressions of how the universe operates. The events taking place in the…
The Perfectibility of Man
A book exists first of all in its author’s mind as meaning. To have this immaterially existing book…
Virtual Reality
Nobody remembers the day on which he was born. As he gets to know himself, he learns from…
The Creation Process: An Engineer’s Perspective
Engineers are mainly responsible for the highly regarded inventions of the last centuries that have made our daily…
Man Between Fall And Ascension
Ibn Sina, called Avicenna in the West, summarizes man’s earthly life in his poem on the human soul…
Making a Difference
Harold Hilton is a history professor at a university in California, a knowledgeable and well-respected scholar in his…
Effective Use Of Time
Human beings own, use and lose many things such as money, power and knowledge. But we can earn…
Qur’anic Epistemology
By Qur’anic epistemology, we mean how the Qur’an describes knowledge and the way to seek it. But you…
What Makes A Person?
The definition of personhood, and the related questions of how to define the beginning and the end of…
Killing for Religion
Modern Western consciousness is manipulated and, to some extent, entrapped, by slogans. Conceptions like democracy, freedom and human…
Compassion and Mercy
Human beings have always lived with troubles and hardships. It is the kind of troubles they face that…