Al-Ghazali vs Anselm of Canterbury
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Compare the life timelines of Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) and Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 51 years, from 1058 to 1109.
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Al-Ghazali (1058–1111)
- — Born in Tus, Khorasan Verified
- — Studied under al-Juwayni at the Nizamiyya of Nishapur Verified
- — Joined the court of the Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Nizamiyya madrasa of Baghdad Verified
- — Completed 'The Incoherence of the Philosophers' Verified
- — Spiritual crisis and departure from Baghdad Verified
- — Years of wandering and writing the 'Revival of the Religious Sciences' Verified
- — Returned to teaching at the Nizamiyya of Nishapur Verified
- — Died in Tus Verified
Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
- — Born in Aosta, in the Kingdom of Burgundy Verified
- — Entered the Benedictine abbey of Bec in Normandy Verified
- — Became prior of Bec Verified
- — Wrote the Monologion Verified
- — Wrote the Proslogion, containing the ontological argument Verified
- — Elected abbot of Bec Verified
- — Consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury Verified
- — First exile and completion of Cur Deus Homo Verified
- — Second exile during the investiture controversy Verified
- — Died at Canterbury Verified