1.
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.
Averroes
Unawareness leads to apprehension, apprehension leads to animosity, and animosity leads to aggression. This is the equation.
2.
An army of philosophers would not be sufficient to change the nature of error and to make it truth.
Averroes
An army of intellectuals would not suffice to transform fallacy into veracity.
3.
Women should be treated as human beings, not as domestic animals.
Averroes
Women should be regarded as people, not beasts of burden.
4.
Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect.
Averroes
Understanding is the union of the subject and the intellect.
5.
All sciences originated among the sons of Israel, the reason being the existence of prophecy among them which made their perfection in the sciences amazing.
Averroes
The incredible intellectual prowess of the progeny of Israel, owing to the presence of prophecy among them, has been the birthplace of all knowledge.
