The lowest degree of education is to distinguish oneself from the ignorant ordinary man. The educated man does not loathe honey even if he finds it i… - Al-Ghazali

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The lowest degree of education is to distinguish oneself from the ignorant ordinary man. The educated man does not loathe honey even if he finds it in the surgeon's cupping-glass; he realizes that the cupping glass does not essentially alter the honey. The natural aversion from it in such a case rests on popular ignorance, arising from the fact that the cupping-glass is made only for impure blood. Men imagine that the blood is impure because it is in the cupping-glass, and are not aware that the impurity is due to a property.

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About Al-Ghazali

Al-Ghazali (/ˈɡɑːzɑːli/; full name Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي; latinized Algazelus or Algazel, c. 1058 – 19 December 1111) was a Persian polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential philosopher, theologian, jurist, logician and mystic of Islam.

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Native Name: أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي
Alternative Names: Ghazzoliĭ, Muḣammad ibn Muḣammad ibn Aḣmad Abu Ḣomid at-Tusiĭ, Al-Ghazzali Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī Algazelus Algazel Abu Hamid al-Ghazali Abu Mohammed al-Ghazali Al-Gonzzali Ghonzzali Ghazzālī

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لا يقف على فساد نوع من العلوم، من لا يقف على منتهى ذلك العلم، حتى يساوي أعلمهم في أصل ذلك العلم، ثم يزيد عليه، ويجاوز درجته فيطلع على ما لم يطلع عليه صاحب العلم، من غوره وغائله، وإذا ذاك يمكن أن يكون ما يدعيه من فساده حقًا

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و اعلم أن الرياء يتولد من تعظيم الخلق ، و علاجه أن تراهم مسخرين للقدرة ، و تحسبهم كالجامدات في عدم قدرة إيصال الراحة و المشقة ، لتخلص من مراياتهم ، و متي تحسبهم ذوي قدرة و إرادةٍ لن يبعد عنك الرياء

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