Al Ghazali · Theology

Knowledge by Tasting

Al-Ghazali’s turn from the certainty of argument to the certainty of experience - the mystic’s ‘tasting’ of truths that reason can describe but never deliver.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that al-Ghazali distinguished knowing about something from ‘tasting’ it directly. Explain the difference and why he thought reason alone could not reach the highest truths, in your own words.

Leads to William James.

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