al-Ghazālī - Averroes

By Enrico Livia

Philosophy demands attention. This book invites you to read calmly and offers a clear, structured path -without losing rigor or falling into oversimplification.
Greek philosophy was already part of the intellectual world in which al-Ghazālī and Averroes lived. Aristotle, Plato, and their commentators had been translated, debated, and reinterpreted for generations, while the Islamic revelation contained in the Qur'an was regarded as the fundamental authority on the deepest questions concerning God, reality, human life, and salvation.
Al-Ghazālī and Averroes represent two powerful responses to a difficulty that already ran through the philosophy of the Islamic world. One emphasized the limits of demonstration. The other emphasized the right-and the obligation-to carry demonstration as far as it could go.
Their disagreement helped give lasting form to a problem that would reappear for centuries.
In this book you'll find: his key ideas explained in their historical contextphilosophical excess (al-Ghazālī)religious excess (Averroes)a look at their impact on later thoughthis reflections on the divine, truth, good and evil, and deatha final section of critiques and open questions to deepen the explorationa guide to sources and recommended readings
This volume is part of the series Complex Philosophy in Simple Terms. Each book can be read on its own, but it also connects with the others within a larger journey that traces Western philosophy from its beginnings to the modern search for meaning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HHK3YBRD
• ISBN13: 9798194435128
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"