THE ALCHEMY OF ETHICS IN AL-GHAZALI

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AAVANI SHAHIN

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Journal: Sophia Perennis Year:2009 | Volume:6 | Issue:2 Page(s): 5-23

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Title

THE ALCHEMY OF ETHICS IN AL-GHAZALI

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AAVANI SHAHIN | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

IMAM MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZALIQ2

THE ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESSQ3

THE REVIVAL OF THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCESQ3

CULTIVATION OF ETHICS/VIRTUES (TAHDHIB-I AKHLAQ)Q1

DIVINE LAW (SHAR')Q2

REASON ('AQL)Q2

EDUCATION (TARBIYAT)Q2

Abstract

The most important subject in the two fundamental extant works of IMAM MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZALI that is THE ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESS and THE REVIVAL OF THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES, is ethics (akhlaq). In those topics in which there is a disagreement between Divine Law (shar') and reason ('aql), Ghazali takes the side of Divine Law. At the same time, he considers ethical virtues (mahasin-i akhlaqi) and the cultivation of ethics/virtues (tahdhib-i akhlaq) to be acquired and to be a matter for education, believing ethics (akhlaq) to be changeable. In this article the author intends, firstly, to clarify the place of ethics in Ghazali's classification of the sciences; and, secondly, to show how, in the thought of Ghazali, the principles of ethics and Divine Law conform with one another, whilst at the same time the cultivation of ethics/virtues on the basis of mysticism is the most fundamental and complete basis of ethics (akhlaq).

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AAVANI, SHAHIN. (2009). THE ALCHEMY OF ETHICS IN AL-GHAZALI. THE JOURNAL OF SAPIENTIAL WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY (SOPHIA PERENNIS), 6(2), 5-23. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/152778/en

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AAVANI SHAHIN. THE ALCHEMY OF ETHICS IN AL-GHAZALI. THE JOURNAL OF SAPIENTIAL WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY (SOPHIA PERENNIS)[Internet]. 2009;6(2):5-23. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/152778/en

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SHAHIN AAVANI, “THE ALCHEMY OF ETHICS IN AL-GHAZALI,” THE JOURNAL OF SAPIENTIAL WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY (SOPHIA PERENNIS), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 5–23, 2009, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/152778/en

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