Ibn Rushd (Averroes) vs. Imam Al-Ghazali (R.A.)
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
1126 – 1198
Ibn Rushd, Latinized as Averroes, was an Andalusian polymath and jurist who was proficient in a variety of intellectual fields, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, mathematics, neurology, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and linguistics. The author of more than 100 books and treatises, his philosophical works include numerous commentaries on Aristotle, for which he was known in the Western world as "The Commentator" and "Father of Rationalism".
"The Asharites have expressed a very peculiar opinion, both with regard to reason and religion; about this problem they have explained it in a way in which relig…"
Imam Al-Ghazali (R.A.)
1056 – 1111
Al-Ghazali, (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد غزالی توسی, romanized: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Ghazālī Ṭūsi, Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Iranian scholar and polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history.
"knowledge that is not Infallible is not certain knowledge."
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