al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Philosophers Philosophy


Abu Hamid Ibn Muhammad Ibn Muhammad al-Tusi al-Shafi’i al-Ghazali (Algazel), 1058-1111. Noted medieval Sufi thinker. Although he was born and died in Khorasan, Iran (then called Tus), much of his working life was spent as a teacher in Baghdad. Known as a strong defender of Muslim orthodoxy. In philosophy, his chief legacy is his strong epistemological criticism of the philosophers' claim to knowledge.








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See Also:
  • Al-Ghazali - A student project by Henry Snyder on this Sufi philosopher. Includes biography, intellectual background, and a review of a portion of The Incoherence of the Philosophers.
  • The Window: Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali - Biography of this noted Persian Sufi thinker.
  • Abu Hamid al-Ghazali - Basic information and an extensive collection of annotated links.
  • Al Ghazali and Averroes - Lecture notes by R.J. Kilcullen about the controversy al-ghazali, abu hamid between these great medieval Islamic thinkers.
  • Centre for Islam and Science - Al-Ghazali - Biographical article by Mustafa Abu Sway. Includes lists of primary and secondary sources.
  • Imam al-Ghazali - Biography and theological review by G.F. Haddad.
  • The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife - T.J. Winter\\'s translation of this excerpt from Ghazali\\'s al-ghazali, abu hamid The Revival of the Religious Sciences. From al-ghazali, abu hamid the Fordham Medieval Sourcebook.


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