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Medieval Philosophers Research Guide

A select list of Medieval Philosophers.

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The Alchemy of Happiness by Algazali, 1308 Persian copy held in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

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Primary Sources

The Incoherence of the Philosophers: A Parallel English-Arabic Text
Translated by Michael E. Marmura. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1997. B753 .G33 T3313 1997 (Stacks)

The Incoherence of the Incoherence
Two volumes. Translated from the Arabic by Simon van den Bergh. London, Luzac, 1954. B749 .T4 E5 1954 (Stacks)

The Niche of Lights: A Parallel English-Arabic Text
Translated by David Buchman. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1998. BP189.26 .G3913 1998 (Stacks)

Secondary Sources

Muslim Intellectual: A Study of al-Ghazali
Watt, W. Montgomery. Edinburgh, University Press, 1963. B753 .G34 W34 M9 (Stacks)

Ghazali’s Theory of Virtue
Sherif, Mohamed Ahmed. Albany, State University of New York Press, 1975. B753 .G34 S55 G4 (Stacks)