Lull’s early reading of al-Ghazali shaped his later Sufi-influenced works

Evidence

Since Lull had encountered the writings of the Sufi mystical thinker al-Ghazali (c. 1033–1111) and examined his logic early on in his studies, Sufism exercised a strong influence on Lull’s subsequent writings. — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 89

Categorization

• XREF: Al-Ghazali as a bridge figure recurs in Islamic intellectual history elsewhere in this book’s account.