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The Incoherence of the Philosophers

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About “The Incoherence of the Philosophers”

The Incoherence of the Philosophers is a landmark 11th-century (1095 CE) work by the Muslim polymath al-Ghazali, a student of the Asharite school of Islamic theology, criticizing the Avicennian school of early Islamic philosophy. Muslim philosophers such as Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and al-Farabi are denounced for following Greek philosophy where it contradicts Islam. The book was dramatically successful. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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1998 · ISBN 9780842523516

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