Philosopher · High and Late Middle Ages · Iran
Al Ghazali
1058–1111
Persian theologian from Tus, in modern Iran, who attacked the philosophers in The Incoherence of the Philosophers and turned toward Sufi mysticism. He taught at Baghdad, abandoned his post in a spiritual crisis, and returned to teaching. He lived 1058 to 1111.
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- Born
- 1058, Tus, in what is now Iran.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Ghazali
- Died
- 1111, Tus.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Ghazali
- School
- Asharite theology, joined to Sufi mysticism.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Ghazali
- Known for
- The Incoherence of the Philosophers, which denied that reason can prove metaphysical truths, and the Revival of the Religious Sciences.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Ghazali
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