The Confessions of Al Ghazzali

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The Confessions of Al Ghazzali (1909)
by Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī, translated by Claud Field

Published in The Wisdom of the East series.

Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī4639214The Confessions of Al Ghazzali1909Claud Field

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The Wisdom of the East Series

Edited by
L. CRANMER-BYNG
Dr. S. A. KAPADIA

THE CONFESSIONS OF
AL GHAZZALI

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"He who knows himself knows God."
Sayings of Muhammed.

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WISDOM OF THE EAST

THE CONFESSIONS OF
AL GHAZZALI

TRANSLATED FOR THE FIRST TIME
INTO ENGLISH

BY CLAUD FIELD, M.A.

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

1909

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PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

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CONTENTS


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Introduction 7
Ghazzali's Search for Truth 11
The Subterfuges of the Sophists 15
The Different Kinds of Seekers after Truth 20
The Aim of Scholastic Theology and its Results 21
Concerning the Philosophical Sects and the Stigma of Infidelity which attaches to them all 25
Divisions of the Philosophic Sciences 27
Sufism 41
The Reality of Inspiration: its Importance for the Human Race 50

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