Al-Ghazali
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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 [[mysticism|mystic]] of [[Persian people|Persian]] descent. | '''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. | ||
| - | 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. | + | His 11th century book titled ''[[The Incoherence of the Philosophers]]'' marks a major turn in Islamic [[epistemology]]. The encounter with [[skepticism]] led al-Ghazali to embrace a form of theological [[occasionalism]], or the belief that all causal events and interactions are not the product of material conjunctions but rather the immediate and present Will of God. |
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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.
His 11th century book titled The Incoherence of the Philosophers marks a major turn in Islamic epistemology. The encounter with skepticism led al-Ghazali to embrace a form of theological occasionalism, or the belief that all causal events and interactions are not the product of material conjunctions but rather the immediate and present Will of God.
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