--- title: "4 Behave Quotes By Talal Asad" description: "4 Behave quotes by Talal Asad. Plus more from Talal Asad and more Behave sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/talal-asad-25475_behave_language-has-multiple-uses-and-is-embedd_310762.jpg" --- > [Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. It is not necessary to have this grand concept of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/language-has-multiple-uses-and-is-embedded-in-different-forms-of-life/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/talal-asad-25475_behave_language-has-multiple-uses-and-is-embedd_310762.jpg) > [For the law, the clarity of language and the finality of judgment is crucial, because you have to decide a case one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/for-the-law-the-clarity-of-language-and-the-finality-of-judgment-is/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/talal-asad-25475_absolutes_for-the-law-the-clarity-of-language-and_798976.jpg) > [It seems to me perfectly possible to act humanely towards other beings, whether humans or animals or plants. One simply has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/it-seems-to-me-perfectly-possible-to-act-humanely-towards-other/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/talal-asad-25475_animal_it-seems-to-me-perfectly-possible-to-act_2309286.jpg) > [To behave "humanely" it is perfectly possible to do without the notion of "humanity."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/to-behave-humanely-it-is-perfectly-possible-to-do-without-the-notion/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/talal-asad-25475_behave_to-behave-humanely-it-is-perfectly-possi_3066461.jpg) ## Other authors on Behave ## More by Talal Asad > [The propensity to intellectualize is itself both essential and dangerous. I think in our modern world we are much more aware of its essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/the-propensity-to-intellectualize-is-itself-both-essential-and/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [Certainly in order to understand the natural world one needs clarity, logic, and the capacity for theory building. But that understanding tends to improve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/certainly-in-order-to-understand-the-natural-world-one-needs-clarity/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [I think the approach to Islam as a tradition is helpful. Tradition helps us to focus on questions about authority and temporality, and about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/i-think-the-approach-to-islam-as-a-tradition-is-helpful-tradition/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. It is not necessary to have this grand concept of "humanity" in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/language-has-multiple-uses-and-is-embedded-in-different-forms-of-life/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [Believers are often thought of as people who have some kind of private conviction or repudiation of something, whereas "the faithful" refers to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/believers-are-often-thought-of-as-people-who-have-some-kind-of/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [You do not need intellectuality for deep faith. You do not need it for behaving humanely towards people whether fellow Muslims or non-Muslims. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/you-do-not-need-intellectuality-for-deep-faith-you-do-not-need-it-for/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [The Genealogical Science is a wonderful account of how old-fashioned race science has come to be re-defined by resort to the most recent developments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/the-genealogical-science-is-a-wonderful-account-of-how-old-fashioned/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should know) that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/in-liberal-society-we-claim-that-freedom-of-speech-is-sacred-and/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [“The construction of civilizational difference is not exclusive in any simple sense. The de-essentialization of Islam is paradigmatic for all thinking about the assimilation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/the-construction-of-civilizational-difference-is-not-exclusive-in-any/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [For the law, the clarity of language and the finality of judgment is crucial, because you have to decide a case one way or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/for-the-law-the-clarity-of-language-and-the-finality-of-judgment-is/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [You should never employ your intellect but only that it is not essential to exercise it in order to live a humane life. Language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/you-should-never-employ-your-intellect-but-only-that-it-is-not/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [The notion of "humanity" as a form of transcendence derives, I think, from the conviction that intellectuality possesses an absolute power, from the demand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/the-notion-of-humanity-as-a-form-of-transcendence-derives-i-think/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [I do not think there is such a thing as a "clash of civilizations." When I say that Muslims as Muslims cannot be represented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/i-do-not-think-there-is-such-a-thing-as-a-clash-of-civilizations-when/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [Why is it that aggression in the name of God shocks secular liberal sensibilities, whereas the act of killing in the name of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/why-is-it-that-aggression-in-the-name-of-god-shocks-secular-liberal/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) > [Tradition is an aspiration to connect the Self with the Other. One "internalizes" the Other as one acquires a sense of what one's own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-asad/tradition-is-an-aspiration-to-connect-the-self-with-the-other-one/) [Talal Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-asad/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/talal-asad/#itemlist", "name": "4 Behave Quotes By Talal Asad", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Language has multiple uses, and is embedded in different forms of life. 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