Al-Ghazali The Incoherence of the Philosophers perennial among them humorous pamphlets critiquing

among them humorous pamphlets critiquing British rule in his native Ireland

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philosophical exploration of liberal learning: a still-evolving tradition of theory and practice that has dominated and sustained intellectual life and learning in much of the globe for two millennia

Al-Ghazali The Incoherence of the Philosophers perennial among them humorous pamphlets critiquingAlthough 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,