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Abdolkarim Soroush

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.

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We create ideas to help us understand the world around us, but sometimes we mistakenly believe these ideas are the same as the actual world. This confusion can lead us to treat our own inventions as if they were absolute truths instead of useful tools.

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