Alchemy of Happiness

One of the great works of mystical religious literature, the Kimiya-i-Sa'adaat strove to bring man closer to understanding God by helping him understand himself. These excerpts from that work, by a strikingly original thinker on Islam who lived and wrote in the 11th century, were first published in 1910, and serve as a potent reminder of how powerful an influence Al-Ghazzali had upon religious philosophers of the Middle Ages, both Christian and Islamic. With its wise and warmly humanistic outlook, this little book may well foster a new measure of understanding in the current philosophical battle between the religious traditions of East and West. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Field's Shadows Cast Before and Jewish Legends of the Middle Ages. Iranian theologian AL-GHAZALI (1058-1111) was medieval Islam's most prominent scholar and philosopher. CLAUD FIELD is also author of Mystics and Saints of Islam, Heroes of Missionary Enterprise, and Persian Literature.

Una dintre marile opere ale literaturii religioase mistice, Kimiya-i-Sa'adaat s-a straduit sa-l apropie pe om de intelegerea lui Dumnezeu, ajutandu-l sa se inteleaga pe sine. Aceste extrase din acea lucrare, realizate de un ganditor izbitor de original despre islam care a trait si a scris in secolul al XI-lea, au fost publicate pentru prima data in 1910 si servesc ca un puternic memento al influentei puternice pe care Al-Ghazzali a avut-o asupra filosofilor religiosi din Evul Mediu. , atat crestine, cat si islamice.