Ghazali's Critique Of Philosophy

Ghazali is one of the most important figures in the history of Islam,The imam,who has made the greatest contribution to Islam since Muhammad.Islam into the Umayyad dynasty and Abbas dynasty,in Alexander Crusades and lead to Translate one hundred movement,represented by Aristotle and Plato in Arab society of Greek philosophy,Muslim scholars widely involved in the field,and for the philosophy of deep and profound cognition to the world and dumping,began to study philosophy,and puts forward mixed philosophical speech personal opinion.Because of the Greek philosophy from the outside,the incoming foreign culture and Islamic culture conflict is inevitable,especially involves the origin of the world,the attribute of god,and ability to the fundamental problem of Semantics Islam,philosophy and doctrine study potential conflict,such as fire and water.The Muslim philosophers of the time tried to reconcile philosophical and religious contradictions,but the matter of principle was always reconcilable.In order to protect the superiority of Islam and from ordinary citizens in teaching about thoughts and philosophy lost in the confusion,betray own religious rule consequences,Ghazali shoulder the historic responsibility.He learned in the further study of Islam and the philosophy of Greek philosophy and Muslim philosophers at that time,wrote“The purpose of the philosopher ”,shows that he completely master of philosophy.Then they retort a series of questions about the conflict between philosophy and doctrine.Especially for three problems that can make the Muslim apostates-world no beginning,and said,god cannot meet individual things,the body can't resurrection fierce criticism of these three questions.Ghazali also made correct for the branch of philosophy and distinguish,the harm done branch for these warnings,cautions,ordinary people do not get involved with philosophy so that their intelligence is nothing but fire,boomerang himself.As Ghazali high academic reputation and great social influence,under Ghazali's criticism,philosophy lost growth soil,gradually abandoned by all social strata,thus completely evacuated the Islamic east,Islam and turned to the west and a Lucia and other regions,recovered from the philosophy in the Muslim region,never seen as Ghazali era of glory.Ghazali criticism of philosophy is not completely opposed to philosophy,as the enemy of philosophy,but the inherited the philosophy,use the philosophical ideas and methods to transform their ideas,to make its final Sufi mysticism and found himself in the Sufi mysticism end-result of life and thought,to include Sufism in learning about orthodoxy.