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  • Those who argue for the occasionalist reading of al-GhazālÄ« appear to regard him as committed to this principle, while their opponents (such as Griffel) argue that al-GhazālÄ« is not fully committed to this principle.

    Occasionalism Lee, Sukjae 2008

  • The first is an almost complete fragment of a long book where al-Ghazâlî copies or paraphrases passages from the works of philosophers and combines them to a comprehensive report about their teachings in metaphysics (Griffel 2006).

    Guess Who Was At The Party? 2009

  • God's knowledge contains the first moment of creation just as the last, and He knows “in His eternity,” for instance, whether a certain individual will end up in paradise or hell (Griffel, forthcoming, chapter 6).

    Guess Who Was At The Party? 2009

  • He continued to teach at his zâwiya in Tûs where he died in 1111 (Griffel, forthcoming, chapter 1).

    Guess Who Was At The Party? 2009

  • For a detailed discussion of the four parts in the 17th discussion the reader must be referred to chapter 5 in the forthcoming book by Griffel.

    Guess Who Was At The Party? 2009

  • In the Incoherence he wishes to show that the falâsifa practice taqlîd, meaning they merely repeat these teachings from the founders of their movement without critically examining them (Griffel 2005).

    Guess Who Was At The Party? 2009

  • God, however, did not choose to create such an alternative possible world (Griffel, forthcoming, chapter 5).

    Guess Who Was At The Party? 2009

  • This work has long been the source of the interpretation that al-GhazālÄ« himself was a committed occasionalist, but recent interpretations have challenged this view, arguing that al-GhazālÄ«'s goal simply is to defend the possibility of miracles against the claims of the falâsifa, and that he leaves open the possibility of some kind of genuine causality in creatures (Griffel 2007).

    Occasionalism Lee, Sukjae 2008

  • Griffel, Frank, 2007, “Al-GhazālÄ«,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2007 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL =.

    Occasionalism Lee, Sukjae 2008

  • After a several-year absence, famed teacher Lois Griffel returns this summer to teach her Impressionist style.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

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