Al Ghazali · Theology

The Quest for Certainty

How al-Ghazali doubted everything - the senses, then reason itself - in a desperate search for unshakeable knowledge, six centuries before Descartes.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that al-Ghazali sought knowledge immune to all doubt and found ordinary certainties failing the test. Reconstruct his path into doubt and how he escaped it, in your own words.

Leads to René Descartes.

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