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astonishing thing is that they squander their lives in searching for the
`instructor‟ and it boasting that they have found him, yet without learning
anything at all from him. They are like a blight smeared with filth, who so
wearies himself with the search for water that when he comes upon it he does
not use it but remains smeared with dirt.
There are indeed certain of them who lay claim to have some special
knowledge. But this knowledge, a., they describe it, amounts to some trifling
details of the philosophy of Pythagoras. The latter was one of the earliest of
the ancients and his philosophical system is the weakest of all; Aristotle not
only criticized him but showed the weakness and corruption of his thought.
Yet he is the person followed in the Book of the Brethren of Purity, which is
3[5] This book is available in Arabic as well as in an English translation by R. McCarthy on
website www.ghazali.org. (ed.)
4[6] This book is also available on the site mentioned above. It has also been
recently
`instructor‟ and it boasting that they have found him, yet without learning
anything at all from him. They are like a blight smeared with filth, who so
wearies himself with the search for water that when he comes upon it he does
not use it but remains smeared with dirt.
There are indeed certain of them who lay claim to have some special
knowledge. But this knowledge, a., they describe it, amounts to some trifling
details of the philosophy of Pythagoras. The latter was one of the earliest of
the ancients and his philosophical system is the weakest of all; Aristotle not
only criticized him but showed the weakness and corruption of his thought.
Yet he is the person followed in the Book of the Brethren of Purity, which is
3[5] This book is available in Arabic as well as in an English translation by R. McCarthy on
website www.ghazali.org. (ed.)
4[6] This book is also available on the site mentioned above. It has also been
recently