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come
about.
From my early youth, since I attained the age of puberty before I was twenty, until the present
time when I
am over fifty, I have ever recklessly launched out into the midst of these ocean depths, I have
ever bravely
embarked on this open sea, throwing aside all craven caution; I have poked into every dark recess,
I have
made an assault on every problem, I have plunged into every abyss, I have scrutinized the creed of
every
sect, I have tried to discover the secret doctrines of every group. All this have I done that I
might distinguish
between true and false, between sound tradition and heretical innovation. Whenever I
meet one of the
Batiniyah [Shiite], I like to study his creed; whenever I meet one of the Zahiriyah [Wahabis], I
want to know
the essentials of his belief. If it is a philosopher, I try to become acquainted
with the essence of his
about.
From my early youth, since I attained the age of puberty before I was twenty, until the present
time when I
am over fifty, I have ever recklessly launched out into the midst of these ocean depths, I have
ever bravely
embarked on this open sea, throwing aside all craven caution; I have poked into every dark recess,
I have
made an assault on every problem, I have plunged into every abyss, I have scrutinized the creed of
every
sect, I have tried to discover the secret doctrines of every group. All this have I done that I
might distinguish
between true and false, between sound tradition and heretical innovation. Whenever I
meet one of the
Batiniyah [Shiite], I like to study his creed; whenever I meet one of the Zahiriyah [Wahabis], I
want to know
the essentials of his belief. If it is a philosopher, I try to become acquainted
with the essence of his