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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: The Islamic Golden Age

The Essay: The Islamic Golden Age: Episode 15: Al-Ghazali

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The Islamic Golden Age

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Episode 15: Al-Ghazali

Al-Ghazali

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Professor Mona Siddiqui discusses religious thinker and mystic Al-Ghazali.

Professor Mona Siddiqui discusses religious thinker and mystic Al-Ghazali, who had a major influence on both Muslim and European philosophers.

Radio 3's twenty-part essay series on the Islamic Golden Age continues its exploration through this five-hundred-year period of empire, innovation, religious turmoil, scientific discovery and major advances in philosophical thought. In this evening's essay, Professor Mona Siddiqui turns her attention to Al-Ghazali. He had a major influence on both Muslim and European philosophers.

Producer: Sarah Taylor.

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Series rediscovering some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age

Series rediscovering some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, focusing on architecture, invention, medicine, innovation and philosophy

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