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The Confessions of Al Ghazzali

by Ghazzali (1058–1111)

10 chapters, about 12,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. EDITORIAL NOTE 100 words
2. BIRTH OF GHAZZALI 700 words
3. GHAZZALI’S SEARCH FOR TRUTH 900 words
4. THE SUBTERFUGES OF THE SOPHISTS 1,100 words
5. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SEEKERS AFTER TRUTH 200 words
6. THE AIM OF SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY AND ITS RESULTS 1,200 words
7. DIVISIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHIC SCIENCES 2,800 words
8. SUFISM 4,700 words
9. I. Jalálu’d-dín Rúmí 200 words
10. II. The Book of Odes (Shi-King) 200 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Ecstasy (philosophy)
• Qalb

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