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# Patricia Crone

(1945–2015)   University Teacher

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Patricia Crone was an university teacher.

## Quick Facts About Patricia Crone

Born March 28, 1945

Died July 11, 2015

Profession University Teacher

## About Patricia Crone

Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015)... \| Patricia Crone was a Danish historian specialising in early Islamic history. Crone was a member of the revisionist school of Islamic studies and questioned the historicity of the Islamic traditions about the beginnings of Islam.

##  Quotes by Patricia Crone

> [“we are here confronted with an irreducible oddity about all human societies: all are strung around figments of the human imagination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-crone/we-are-here-confronted-with-an-irreducible-oddity-about-all-human/)

[Patricia Crone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-crone/)

[Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/patricia-crone-83871_creativity_we-are-here-confronted-with-an-irreducib_456149.jpg)

> [“ideas generate action when they are believed regardless of whether they are true or not in our opinion”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-crone/ideas-generate-action-when-they-are-believed-regardless-of-whether/)

[Patricia Crone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-crone/)

[Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/patricia-crone-83871_culture_ideas-generate-action-when-they-are-beli_2881702.jpg)

> [“It's remote! It's remote! It's uncontaminated! It's pure! It's a place where we can rule out that Muhammad got his ideas from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-crone/it-s-remote-it-s-remote-it-s-uncontaminated-it-s-pure-it-s-a-place/)

[Patricia Crone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-crone/)

[Muhammad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muhammad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/patricia-crone-83871_muhammad_it-s-remote-it-s-remote-it-s-uncontamina_3143499.jpg)

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