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Quotation from Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali) by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
“they judge the truth according to its professors instead of judging its professors by the standard of the truth.”
Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali), Divisions of the Philosophic Sciences (Moral Philosophy), trans. Claud Field
Ghazali criticizes readers who reject a true statement because it was made by someone they distrust.
Citation: "they judge the truth according to its professors instead of judging its professors by the standard of the truth." — Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Deliverance from Error (The Confessions of al-Ghazali), Divisions of the Philosophic Sciences (Moral Philosophy), trans. Claud Field. (id ghazali-deliverance-from-error-q3)
Portrait: Al-Ghazali by Khalil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran, Public domain.
