Who Was Alive

Were Al-Ghazali and Peter Abelard alive at the same time?

Yes. Al-Ghazali and Peter Abelard were alive at the same time for 31 or 32 years, from 1079 to 1111.

Peter Abelard was 31 or 32 when Al-Ghazali died.

Al-Ghazali

Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic

Born 1053–1059 · died 19 December 1111

Peter Abelard

French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician

Born 1079 · died 21 April 1142, aged 62 or 63

  1. William the Conqueror
  2. Urban II
  3. Omar Khayyám
  4. Al-Ghazali
  5. Peter Abelard
  6. Hildegard of Bingen
  7. Averroes
  8. Zhu Xi
  9. Saladin
Al-Ghazali and Peter Abelard in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.