#ZeraYacob

“While Descartes doubted everything beside a stove in Europe, a persecuted Ethiopian scholar hid in a cave and reasoned his way — alone — to a rationalism of his own; and the fight over whether he really wrote it is itself one of philosophy's great lessons.”

“God gave every human heart the light of reason, and every claim — every custom, every law, every scripture, including your own — must be tested against it before you believe it.”