Muhammad Asad Quote

I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it has only become more tolerant. Mind you, not toward Islam—only toward certain other Eastern cultures, which offer some sort of spiritual attraction to the spirit-hungry West and are, at the same time, too distant from the Western world-view to constitute any real challenge to its values.

The Road To Mecca: (ed. The Book Foundation, 1954) - ISBN: 9780992798109

I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it has only become more...

I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it has only become more...

I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it has only become more...

I do not feel that the West has really become less condescending toward foreign cultures than the Greeks and Romans were: it has only become more...