Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali's philosophical explorations covered nearly the entire spectrum of twelfth-century beliefs. Beginning his career as a skeptic, he ended it as a scholar of mysticism and orthodoxy. The Niche of Lights, written near the end of his illustrious career, advances the philosophically important idea that reason can serve as a connection between the devout and God. Al-Ghazali argues that abstracting God from the world, as he believed theologians did, was not sufficient for understanding. Exploring the boundary between philosophy and theology, The Niche of...

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...

"Sachez donc, o mes freres (que Dieu vous guide dans la bonne voie et vous dirige vers la verite ), que la difference des croyances et des religions, que la diversite des doctrines et des sectes qui partagent les hommes sont comme une mer profonde, fertile en naufrages et de laquelle peu d'hommes se tirent sains et saufs. Chaque secte, il est vrai, se croit en possession de la verite et du salut, chaque communaute serejouit de sa croyance; mais, comme nous l'a enseigne le chef des apotres, celui dont la parole est toujours veridique: Mon peuple se partagera en plus de soixante-dix sectes, et...

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Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali's philosophical explorations covered nearly the entire spectrum of twelfth-century beliefs. Beginning his career as a skeptic, he ended it as a scholar of mysticism and orthodoxy. The Niche of Lights, written near the end of his illustrious career, advances the philosophically important idea that reason can serve as a connection between the...