Al-Ghazali on Love, Longing, Intimacy & ContentmentAs the first complete translation of a classic Arabic text written in the 11th century, this work is an eloquent introduction to mystical love in Islam. Considered one of the most important chapters in al Ghazl's magnum opus The Revival of the Religious Sciences, it consists of arguments that form the basis of Sufi theory and the practice of mystical love. Providing the book's historical and spiritual context, this account also offers insight into the

This study was undertaken in order to achieve a better understanding of a pivotal period in Islamic intellectual history

a world of subsistence farming

while retaining its familiar three-part structure:

the 4th century B

this volume takes its readers into one of the most exciting periods in the history of philosophy

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Mahdi considers the interrelated spheres of philosophy

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Author: Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey

With an appendix on paper format and submission that has been vetted by dissertation officials from across the country and a bibliography with the most up-to-date listing of critical resources available

" and the Thomistic conception of metaphysics