Al-Ghazali
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Persian philosopher, theologian, jurist and mystic of Sunni Islam (c. 1056 to 1111); taught at the Nizamiyya Madrasa in Baghdad until 1095 and in Nishapur…
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The many beliefs, religions and sects that divide people are like a sea of shipwrecks that few escape unharmed (opens korrents.com)
“Know then, my brothers (may God direct you in the right way), that the diversity in beliefs and religions, and the variety of doctrines and sects which divide men, are like a deep ocean strewn with shipwrecks, from…”
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Knowledge that is not immune to doubt deserves no confidence and cannot count as certainty (opens korrents.com)
“I then understood that all forms of knowledge which do not unite these conditions (imperviousness to doubt, etc.) do not deserve any confidence, because they are not beyond the reach of doubt, and what is not…”
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Assuming that certainty can rest only on formal arguments wrongly limits the mercy of God (opens korrents.com)
“To suppose that certitude can be only based upon formal arguments is to limit the boundless mercy of God.”
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The many beliefs, religions and sects that divide people are like a sea of shipwrecks that few escape unharmed (opens korrents.com)