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I'm actually working on my thesis, and I chose existentialism as a theme. Unlike neitzsche and many other existentialists Arab philosophers do believe in the existence of God, they adopted neoplatonism in their philosophy (that the natural wolrd is a series of emanations of the naature of God)So I kinda wanted to bring the Arab philosophy to subject, so is this book helpful?

Michel Khoury Well this book actually contradicts the emanation and every other neoplatonism ; if you are looking for neoplatonism go for Ibn Sina and Al-Farabi ...…moreWell this book actually contradicts the emanation and every other neoplatonism ; if you are looking for neoplatonism go for Ibn Sina and Al-Farabi ...
Because Al-Ghazali is based purely on the holy book and not on any other philosophy, for him they are all heretics (including greeks and every person that was inspired from them- if you need any help contact me - PS : i'm working on Neitzsche) (less)

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In the intro (page xvii), the translator mentions that this work is preceded by The Aims of the Philosophers and The Standard for Knowledge, all dealing with the same subject of explaining and rebutting Avicenna. Would I gain better understanding if I read these other two works first before I go into Incoherence of Philosophers? Or is this book sufficient enough to be understood on its own?

Muhammad Shehab u would if u read the 1st one (The Aims ...) 1st, Alghazali wrote this one as an introduction to the Incoherence, he wrote it as if he was one of them…moreu would if u read the 1st one (The Aims ...) 1st, Alghazali wrote this one as an introduction to the Incoherence, he wrote it as if he was one of them (philosophers) and he succeeded. And he wrote The Standard after he wrote The Incoherence so it would be explanation to logic which he used in the 1st 2 books. so u better read it as such:
1. The Aims of the Philosophers
2. The Incoherence of the Philosophers
3. The Standard for Knowledge (read it if u didn't fully understand logic in the 1st 2 books)

and sorry my weak English :)(less)

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