Theologian of Doubt
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
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A Persian theologian and jurist who, after a crisis of doubt, left his teaching post in Baghdad for the Sufi path, and challenged the philosophers in The Incoherence of the Philosophers.
Key work: The Incoherence of the Philosophers
“The thirst for knowledge was innate in me from an early age; it was like a second nature implanted by God, without any will on my part.”
Key ideas, in brief (in our words)
We see fire and burning together, not a necessary link between them.
Honest doubt can be a road to certainty.
Knowledge must be lived, not only learned.
Read more: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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