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| - | '''''The Incoherence of the Philosophers''''' (تهافت الفلاسفة ''Tahāfut al-Falāsifaʰ'' in Arabic) is the title of a landmark 11th century work by [[Al-Ghazali]] of the [[Ash'ari|Asharite]] school of [[Islamic theology]] criticizing the [[Avicennism|Avicennian]] school of [[early Islamic philosophy]]. [[List of Muslim philosophers|Muslim philosophers]] such as [[Avicenna|Ibn Sina]] (Avicenna) and [[Al-Farabi]] (Alpharabius) are denounced in this book. The text was dramatically successful, and marked a milestone in the ascendance of the Asharite school within [[Islamic philosophy]] and theological discourse. | + | |
| + | '''Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī''' (c. 1058–1111), known as '''Al-Ghazali''' or '''Algazel''' to the Western medieval world, was a [[Muslim]] [[theologian]], [[jurist]], [[philosopher]], and [[mysticism|mystic]] of [[Persian people|Persian]] descent. | ||
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| + | Al-Ghazali has sometimes been referred to by historians as the single most influential [[Muslim]] after the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]]. Others have cited his opposition to certain strands of Islamic philosophy as a detriment to Islamic scientific progress. Besides his work that successfully changed the course of Islamic philosophy—the early Islamic [[Neoplatonism]] developed on the grounds of [[Hellenistic philosophy]], for example, was so successfully criticised by al-Ghazali that it never recovered—he also brought the [[orthodoxy|orthodox]] Islam of his time in close contact with [[Sufism]]. It became increasingly possible for individuals to combine orthodox theology (''kalam'') and Sufism, while adherents of both camps developed a sense of mutual appreciation that made sweeping condemnation of one by the other increasingly problematic. | ||
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Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (c. 1058–1111), known as Al-Ghazali or Algazel to the Western medieval world, was a Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic of Persian descent.
Al-Ghazali has sometimes been referred to by historians as the single most influential Muslim after the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Others have cited his opposition to certain strands of Islamic philosophy as a detriment to Islamic scientific progress. Besides his work that successfully changed the course of Islamic philosophy—the early Islamic Neoplatonism developed on the grounds of Hellenistic philosophy, for example, was so successfully criticised by al-Ghazali that it never recovered—he also brought the orthodox Islam of his time in close contact with Sufism. It became increasingly possible for individuals to combine orthodox theology (kalam) and Sufism, while adherents of both camps developed a sense of mutual appreciation that made sweeping condemnation of one by the other increasingly problematic.
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