God the Universe, and Man The Complete Works Volume 23

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“Philosophy is the wisdom of an individual, while religion is the wisdom of a people. While philosophy remains confined to academia, religion succeeds in capturing the hearts and minds of an entire nation. Therefore, I say that if we seek the wisdom of humanity, we will find it in the history of its religions, not in the history of its philosophies.”

This book contains Firas al-Sawah’s answers to questions frequently posed to him in newspaper, radio, and television interviews. His responses reveal the essence of his thoughts and vision on the history of religions and comparative religion, on the one hand, and the study of religion within a philosophical, historical, literary, and mythological framework, on the other. He discussed his concept of revelation in Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, and Islam, and his views on monotheism in the Abrahamic religions. He also clarified the role of Chinese philosophy, which he saw as a form of religion, and addressed intertextuality in sacred texts and Gnosticism, which he found in several religions, emphasizing their shared essence and the fact that the spirit of the created is derived from the spirit of the Creator. He presented other ideas and perspectives that open up further questions for humanity to understand itself, the universe, and its relationship with the Creator, thus granting it a broader perspective.