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GAZALI'S THEORY OF EXISTENCE

Summary/Abstract: Existence and knowledge are amongst the most emphasized topics by philosophers. Al-Ghazālī, considered one of the most important figures of the Islamic intellectual tradition, is a thinker who pondered on the subject of existence to construct the relationship between God and the universe in his own world of thought. Since he considered all existence as created, he tried to explain all existence other than the Creator together with the idea of God. According to him, God is the only real and superior being. The existence of everything else depends on God's existence. God is the necessary being and all other beings are contingent beings. In terms of his ontology, there are levels of beings. Existence can become comprehensible by being included in these levels. In this study, in general terms, al-Ghazālī's thought on existence within the framework of his understanding of God will be analyzed through a literature review.

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