In what ways are al-Ghazali's work like Plato's Allegory of the Cave, and where do they diverge?
Al-Ghazali's works are similar to Plato's since they both involve discovering the real reality. For example, Al-Ghazali mentioned "The thirst for grasping the real meaning of things was indeed my habit" to show his curiosity in the subject. Similarly, Plato was skeptical in everything as well. However, the two works differed in that Al-Ghazali's work involved religion, and Plato's did not. Al-Ghazali's work revolved around Islamic faith, since he believed that the truth would be uncovered after death. Whereas Plato did not mention of any religious deity or faith as a method to grasping reality.
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