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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 162
To speak of a knower but without knowledge is like speaking of
one who is wealthy but without wealth, or of knowledge without
a knower, or a knower without something known. For knowledge,
the knower, and that which is known are inseparable just
as murder, the murdered, and the murderer are inseparable.
And just as it is impossible to conceive of a murderer without
murder and the one murdered, or of one murdered without a
murderer and murder, it is impossible to conceive of a knower
without knowledge, and of knowledge without something known,
and of something known without a knower.
These three are in reason inseparable in the brain and the one
is inconceivable without the other.
Whoever would deem it possible that a knower could exist independently
of knowledge, he would have to deem it possible that
one who is wealthy but without wealth, or of knowledge without
a knower, or a knower without something known. For knowledge,
the knower, and that which is known are inseparable just
as murder, the murdered, and the murderer are inseparable.
And just as it is impossible to conceive of a murderer without
murder and the one murdered, or of one murdered without a
murderer and murder, it is impossible to conceive of a knower
without knowledge, and of knowledge without something known,
and of something known without a knower.
These three are in reason inseparable in the brain and the one
is inconceivable without the other.
Whoever would deem it possible that a knower could exist independently
of knowledge, he would have to deem it possible that