Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought: Al-Ghazali's Theory of Mystical Cognition and Its Avicennian Foundation

By Alexander Treiger

This book argues that the Muslim theologian Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was a popularizer of philosophy more than its critic and that his theory of mystical cognition is based on the theory of prophecy of the philosopher Avicenna.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415783070
• ISBN13: 9780415783071
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"