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Quotation from Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali) by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
“Having once surrendered blind belief, it is impossible to return to it, for the essence of such belief is to be unconscious of itself.”
Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali), The Different Kinds of Seekers after Truth, trans. Claud Field
Ghazali explains why he must search the schools to the bottom: unexamined belief, once questioned, cannot simply be resumed.
Citation: "Having once surrendered blind belief, it is impossible to return to it, for the essence of such belief is to be unconscious of itself." — Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali), The Different Kinds of Seekers after Truth, trans. Claud Field. (id ghazali-deliverance-from-error-q1)
Portrait: Al-Ghazali by Khalil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran, Public domain.
