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Al-Kindi defends learning across communities and argues that an opponent who rejects philosophy must give reasons for doing so, and giving them already involves the inquiry being rejected. The defense has limits: it does not prove every conclusion reached in philosophy’s name.
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Guided course · Module 6 · Lesson 29
Translation as philosophical creation
Hunayn ibn Ishaq revises a translation, and al-Kindi defends the pursuit of philosophy. The lesson shows how translation transforms an inheritance and asks what evidence separates real reception from a resemblance later readers notice.