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| Kant and Gazzali : The nightmare of Rationalists. |
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| jaihoon |
| 07/05/01 at 04:57:09 |
| Kant and Gazzali : The nightmare of Rationalists. (Sir Muhammad Iqbal) It cannot be denied that Gazzali's mission was almost apostolic like that of Kant in Germany of the eighteenth century. In Germany rationalism appeared as an ally of religion, but she soon realized that the dogmatic side of religion was incapable of demonstration. The only course open to her was to eliminate dogma from the sacred record. With the elimination of dogma came the utilitarian view of morality and thus rationalism, and thus rationalism completed the reign of disbelief. Such was the theological thought in Germany when Kant appeared. His Critique Of Pure Reason revealed the limitations of pure reason and reduced the whole work of the rationalists to a heap of ruins. And justly has he been described as God's Greatest Gift to his country. Gazzali's philosophical skepticism which, however, went a little too far, virtually did the same kind of work in the world of Islam in breaking the back of that proud but shallow rationalism which moved in the same direction as pre-Kantian rationalism in Germany. There is, however, one important difference between Gazzali and Kant. Kant, consistently with his principles, could not affirm the possibility of knowledge of God. Gazzali finding no hope in analytic thought moved to mystic experience and there found an independent content for religion. But the revelation of the Infinite in mystic experience convinced him of the finitude and inconclusiveness of thought and drove him to draw a line of cleavage between thought and intuition. He failed to see that thought and intuition are organically related and that thought must necessarily stimulate finitude and inconclusiveness because of its alliance with serial time. http://jaihoon.com/iqbal/kntgzli.htm (Summarized from Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam.) |
| Re: Kant and Gazzali : The nightmare of Rationalists. |
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| jaihoon |
| 07/05/01 at 12:23:18 |
| An Urdu poet said of the 'Unlettered' Philosopher of Hijaz (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), " Jo falsafiyon se hal na saka Jo Nuktawaron se hal na huwa Woh raaz ek kambli wale ne Bataa diya chandi isharon mein " - What the philosophers couldn't solve What the seekers of secrets failed to understand A man in the blanket Explained with a few words and signs" Sallallahu ala Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam! Whether it is Gazzali, Rumi, Attar or Razi or Ibn Rush or Al-Asha'ri, everyone owes their complex explaination of logic and philosophy to the Unlettered Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) of Arabian sands. There is no philosopher more greater than him sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He spoke a word and the entire world listened. sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He remained silent, and the heavens and skies wondered at it. sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Muhammadun dhikruhu roohun li anfusina Muhammadun shukruhu faradun alal umami! (- Imam Busiri) Sallallahu ala Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam! http://jaihoon.com/invite.htm |
| Re: Kant and Gazzali : The nightmare of Rationalists. |
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| se7en |
| 07/05/01 at 12:32:45 |
| [quote]Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam[/quote] I had to take notes while reading this book to keep my thoughts in order.. it's hard but very interesting.. Jaihoon perhaps you can write a review of it in the International House of Kabob? |
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