Al-Ghazālī and the Idea of Moral Beauty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Al-Ghazālī and the Idea of Moral Beauty write by Sophia Vasalou. This book was released on 2021-09-23. Al-Ghazālī and the Idea of Moral Beauty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Al-Ghazālī and the Idea of Moral Beauty rethinks the relationship between the good and the beautiful by considering the work of eleventh-century Muslim theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī (d. 1111). A giant of Islamic intellectual history, al-Ghazālī is celebrated for his achievements in a wide range of disciplines. One of his greatest intellectual contributions lies in the sphere of ethics, where he presided over an ambitious attempt to integrate philosophical and scriptural ideas into a seamless ethical vision. The connection between ethics and aesthetics turns out to be a signature feature of this account. Virtue is one of the forms of beauty, and human beings are naturally disposed to respond to it with love. The universal human response to beauty in turn provides the central paradigm for thinking about the love commanded by God. While al-Ghazālī’s account of divine love has received ample attention, his special way of drawing the good into relation with the beautiful has oddly escaped remark. In this book Sophia Vasalou addresses this gap by offering a philosophical and contextual study of this aspect of al-Ghazālī’s ethics and of the conception of moral beauty that emerges from it. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in Islamic ethics, Islamic intellectual history, and the history of ethics.
The Alchemy of Happiness
The Alchemy of Happiness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Alchemy of Happiness write by Ghazzālī. This book was released on 1910. The Alchemy of Happiness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Ethics of Al-Ghazali
The Ethics of Al-Ghazali - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ethics of Al-Ghazali write by Muhammad Abul Quasem. This book was released on 1975. The Ethics of Al-Ghazali available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The book of knowledge
The book of knowledge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The book of knowledge write by Ghazzālī. This book was released on 1966. The book of knowledge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought
Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought write by Alexander Treiger. This book was released on 2011-08-22. Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It has been customary to see the Muslim theologian Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) as a vehement critic of philosophy, who rejected it in favour of Islamic mysticism (Sufism), a view which has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. This book argues that al-Ghazali was, instead, one of the greatest popularisers of philosophy in medieval Islam. The author supplies new evidence showing that al-Ghazali was indebted to philosophy in his theory of mystical cognition and his eschatology, and that, moreover, in these two areas he accepted even those philosophical teachings which he ostensibly criticized. Through careful translation into English and detailed discussion of more than 80 key passages (with many more surveyed throughout the book), the author shows how al-Ghazali’s understanding of "mystical cognition" is patterned after the philosophyof Avicenna (d. 1037). Arguing that despite overt criticism, al-Ghazali never rejected Avicennian philosophy and that his mysticism itself is grounded in Avicenna’s teachings, the book offers a clear and systematic presentation of al-Ghazali’s "philosophical mysticism." Challenging popular assumptions about one of the greatest Muslim theologians of all time, this is an important reference for scholars and laymen interested in Islamic theology and in the relations between philosophy and mysticism.
