Kocc Barma Fall, born Birima Maxureja Demba Xole Faal and living from 1586 to 1655, was a Cayorian philosopher and the Lamane of Diamatyl in what is now Senegal. His thought centered on moderating political authority and valuing the wisdom of elders, employing rationalist methods while avoiding explicit religious discourse and treating questioning as essential to understanding. His philosophical legacy survives as a large body of aphorisms addressing governance, morality and the workings of human community.
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Wolof oral tradition credits Kocc Barma Fall with a rationalist method of questioning and interrogation, independent of and long predating the later Western school of the same name; the link is topical/methodological, not a claim of doctrinal descent.
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is considered to be the greatest Senegalese thinker and philosopher
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Adapting a rationalist approach and eschewing any overt religious themes, he sees questioning and interrogation as the foundation of understanding.
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ethics, politics and society
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As Lamane of Diamatyl, Kocc Barma was one of the most prominent members of the traditional aristocracy
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Adapting a rationalist approach and eschewing any overt religious themes, he sees questioning and interrogation as the foundation of understanding.
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