Return to the Direct Individual Experience-From Augustine's Confessions and Ans AL-GHAZALI's "Confessions"
Abstract
History of religious thought, the two philosophers who have made outstanding contributions made spontaneously, beyond the religious and sacred significance of the immediate and personal to experience problems related to them. Christian theologians Augustine with its famous "Confessions" to show how his real life experience , the sentiment of human nature, the divine and the relationship between man and God universality; and Ansar Islamic philosopher years from the brilliant academic experience, a deep reflection of human transcendence and the sacred in the face with the inevitable cognitive limitations. Re-thinking to understand and compare their uniqueness, and I believe that we look at common problems of mankind, from the unique perspective of the individual, but also an inexhaustible supply of valuable resources. In the developing history of the religious thoughts, there are two preeminent philosophers brought forward coincidently the problem that it should correlate the religious transcendental and holy significance and the individual personal experience. Christian theologian Augustine was famous for his Confessions. In this book he brought forth the universal problems that how he can be aroused the humanity, deity and the relationship between God and man from the personal living experience; Moreover, the Islamic philosopher Ans AL-GHAZALI reflected profoundly the inevitable epistemological limitation when human being exist before the transcendence and holiness in his splendid academic life. Re-understanding and comparing with their thinking uniqueness, the precious infinite resources will be discovered when we face the common problem of human being from the unique individual perspective