APPLYING THE LESSONS: IDEALS VERSUS REALITIES OF HAPPINESS FROM MEDIEVAL ISLAM TO THE "FOUNDING FATHERS"

The idea of happiness and its pursuit have been taken up by thinkers in many times and places. This article examines the role of happiness as a concept and goal in medieval Islamic thought and, especially, in the work of Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ghazālī and Abū Naṣr al-Fārābī. In examining Ghazālī'...

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Main Author: Cornell, Vincent J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2014
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 92-108
Further subjects:B Ghazālī
B Happiness
B Fārābī
B Islam
B Founding Fathers
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