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The Alchemy of Happiness (Paperback)
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The Alchemy of Happiness (Paperback)
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Loot Price R291
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One of the great works of mystical religious literature, the
Kimiya-i-Sa'adaat strove to bring man closer to understanding God
by helping him understand himself. These excerpts from that work,
by a strikingly original thinker on Islam who lived and wrote in
the 11th century, were first published in 1910. They serve as a
potent reminder of how powerful an influence Al-Ghazzali had upon
religious philosophers of the Middle Ages, both Christian and
Islamic. With its wise and warmly humanistic outlook, this little
book may well foster a new measure of understanding in the current
philosophical battle between the religious traditions of East and
West. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Field's Shadows Cast
Before and Jewish Legends of the Middle Ages. ABU HAMED MUHAMMAD
IBN MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZZALI (1058-1111)was a Persian Islamic
philosopher, theologian, psychologist, and mystic, known today as
one of the most famous Sunni scholars in history, sometimes cited
as next-in-importance only to Muhammad. Born in Tus, Al-Ghazzali
was a pioneer of methodic doubt; his work The Incoherence of
Philosophers shifted early Islamic philosophy from metaphysics to
the theory of occasionalism, an Islamic doctrine that states
cause-and-effect is controlled by God. He also succeeded in
bringing orthodox Islam in contact with Sufism. The author of more
than 70 books on various subjects, his influence continues to
stretch far and wide even today.
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