Tahāfut Al-falāsifa
by Abū-Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ibn-Muḥammad al- Ġazzālī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū Ḥāmid al- Ġazālī
Although Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali lived a relatively short life (1058-1111), he established himself as one of the most important thinkers in the history of Islam. The Incoherence of the Philosophers, written after more than a decade of travel and ascetic contemplation, contends that while such Muslim philosophers as Avicenna boasted of unassailable arguments on matters of theology and metaphysics, they could not deliver on their claims; moreover, many of their assertions represented disguised heresy and unbelief. Despite its attempted refutation by the twelfth-century philosopher Ibn Rushd, al-Ghazali's work remains widely read and influential.
ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHYPHILOSOPHY, MEDIEVAL
RELEASED2000
PUBLISHERBrigham Young University Press
LENGTH258
LANGUAGEEN
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
Tahāfut Al-falāsifa
by Abū-Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ibn-Muḥammad al- Ġazzālī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Abū Ḥāmid al- Ġazālī
Although Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali lived a relatively short life (1058-1111), he established himself as one of the most important thinkers in the history of Islam. The Incoherence of the Philosophers, written after more than a decade of travel and ascetic contemplation, contends that while such Muslim philosophers as Avicenna boasted of unassailable arguments on matters of theology and metaphysics, they could not deliver on their claims; moreover, many of their assertions represented disguised heresy and unbelief. Despite its attempted refutation by the twelfth-century philosopher Ibn Rushd, al-Ghazali's work remains widely read and influential.
ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHYPHILOSOPHY, MEDIEVAL
RELEASED2000
PUBLISHERBrigham Young University Press
LENGTH258
LANGUAGEEN
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
