A central difficultly when reading al-Ghazālī (d. 1111) is understanding why he attempts to bring together seemingly disconnected aspects of ethical theory. He inclines toward a more philosophical influence of virtue ethics in his earlier book, The Scale of Action (Mizān al-‘ama…
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People have become suspicious of authority, including epistemic authorities, i.e., knowledge experts, even on matters individuals are unqualified to adjudicate (e.g., climate change, vaccines, or the shape and age of the earth). This is problematic since most of our knowledge co…
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1111- 1058) occupies an important position in Islamic intellectual history. He is considered to be the “renewer” (mujaddid) of the 5th century of the Islamic calendar. His works have been studied from various perspectives, but not in terms of modern critica…
This dissertation argues that the epistemology of Al-\underline{Gh}azzaliyy (450 A.H./1058 C.E.-505 A.H./1111 C.E.) evolved through different stages in his life. He began his life as a conformist, that is, accepting knowledge on the authority of parents and teachers; but soon he…
This thesis marks a radical rethinking of the hereafter in the thought of al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111), with a special focus on his magnum opus , the Revival of the Religious Sciences . Heavily textual and highly contextual in its approach, it attempts to resolve some of the major a…
The focus of this thesis is on the philosophies of the medieval Muslim thinker, Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE), and their connection to the Master-Pupil relationship. This information was extracted in terms of the academic setting, and superimposed onto the Parent-…
The issue of divine knowledge has long been one of the formidably controversial subjects of both philosophy and theology. Thus modern scholarship has described al-Ghazali as a representative of theological perspective and Ibn Rushd a representative of philosophical one in the cl…
The intention of this thesis is to demonstrate the necessity to revisit and utilize the principles, purposes and objectives (Maq asid ) of the Qur'an and Sunnah as the methodology to expose erroneous beliefs that have pervaded the religion of Islam past and present. According to…
One of Averroes' (Ibn Rushd) earliest works is dedicated to law. The work comprises a summary of al-Ghazali's work on legal theory called al-Mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul. This volume presents a new edition of the Arabic text accompanied by a French translation and commentary. The e…
A translation into English of the first sections of Al-Iqt[dotbelow]isad fi al-i`tiqad (Moderation in Belief), the major theological work of the Muslim thinker al-Ghazali (d. 1111) is presented, with introduction, notes, and glossary.
