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AL-GAZALIJEVA FILOZOFIJA MORALA
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MORAL BY AL-GHAZALI

Author(s): Edin Dedić
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Islam studies, Philosophy of Religion, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Logos – Centar za kulturu I edukaciju
Keywords: philosophy of moral; Al-Ghazali; philosophy; theology; mysticism; virtue;freedom of will;

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article at hand deals with the issue of the philosophy of moral and its importance within the philosophical and theological thought of Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali. Al-Ghazali (1058-1111) is one of the most important classics of Muslim intellectual tradition, leaving behind a rich literary work. The author reveals that ethics has a decisive role in Al-Ghazali, whose thought is seen as a kind of synthesis of philosophical and theological, but in the latter period the mystical oriented thinking as well. The interpretation of problems by al-Ghazali have will have a huge impact on the development of later philosophical and theological thought in Islam.

  • Issue Year: 3/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 159-176
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Bosnian