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Dictionary definition: Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad
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Al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad (1059–1111)
Primarily a theologian, Al-Ghazali taught in Baghdad, but in 1095 after a breakdown abandoned academic fields for a life of contemplation. He valued the insight given by mystical comprehension of things above that achieved by logic or reason. His
Self-destruction of the Philosophers
is an attack on the Aristotelian doctrines of
Al-Farabi
and
Avicenna
. Generally ...