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The Idiocosm

An Islām That's Equally Meaningful on Big and Small Scales

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Imam Marc Manley
Dec 04, 2024
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In English, we have words like macro- and microcosm, taken from the Greek as makros ("large"), mikros (“small”), and kosmos ("world”). This has taken deeper roots in Western thinking after 17-century French Philosopher, René Descartes, famously posited his mind-body dualism. Cartesian Dualism has–and continues to have–a tremendous impact on us as mode…

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