2. Arab civilisation is definitely more diaphanous and floaty—almost elegant—than the West. It’s less concrete “mash’allah, mash’allah” they say, “God willing”. The concept of Being is assumed, but it is never concretised in speech.
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3. This ties into religion, for in Islam everything hangs on the will of God. He may change everything in an instant. The Christian God is more constrained, bound by his own laws. He nailed Being down.
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