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disbelieves in prophecy and believes only in a certain philosopher whose
influence draws adherents. This is not prophecy at all. On the contrary, faith in
prophecy is to acknowledge the existence of a sphere beyond reason; into this
sphere an eye penetrates whereby man apprehends special objects-of-
apprehension. From these reason is excluded in the same way as the hearing is
excluded from apprehending colors and sight from apprehending sounds and all
the senses from apprehending the objects of reason.
If our opponent does not admit this, we have given a demonstration that a
supra-rational sphere is possible, indeed that it actually exists. If however, he
admits our disputation, he has affirmed the existence of things called properties
¹²[¹⁴] A version of this book is available online under the title “Alchemy of Happiness” on
al-ghazali.org.
Note that there are many version of this book in circulation. Most likely he meant the book that
was written
in Persian which is similar to his Arabic work the ‘Ihya. (ed.)
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influence draws adherents. This is not prophecy at all. On the contrary, faith in
prophecy is to acknowledge the existence of a sphere beyond reason; into this
sphere an eye penetrates whereby man apprehends special objects-of-
apprehension. From these reason is excluded in the same way as the hearing is
excluded from apprehending colors and sight from apprehending sounds and all
the senses from apprehending the objects of reason.
If our opponent does not admit this, we have given a demonstration that a
supra-rational sphere is possible, indeed that it actually exists. If however, he
admits our disputation, he has affirmed the existence of things called properties
¹²[¹⁴] A version of this book is available online under the title “Alchemy of Happiness” on
al-ghazali.org.
Note that there are many version of this book in circulation. Most likely he meant the book that
was written
in Persian which is similar to his Arabic work the ‘Ihya. (ed.)
42