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Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد; full name in Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد ابن احمد ابن رشد, romanized: Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd; 14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), often Latinized as Averroes (English: / ə ˈ v ɛr oʊ iː z /), was an Andalusian polymath and jurist who wrote about ...
May 17, 2024 · Averroes (Ibn Rushd), influential Islamic religious philosopher who integrated Islamic traditions with ancient Greek thought. He wrote commentaries on Plato and Aristotle and defended philosophical study of religion against theologians such as al-Ghazali, who had attacked Muslim philosophers Avicenna and al-Farabi.
Jun 23, 2021 · Often improperly referred to as Averroes—the corrupted form his name took in Latin—Ibn Rushd quickly achieved such prominence in later European thought as to rival the influence of Aristotle himself, whose works Ibn Rushd tirelessly championed.
A comprehensive overview of the life and works of Ibn Rushd, the influential Spanish-Muslim philosopher and commentator on Aristotle. Learn about his contributions to philosophy, religion, metaphysics, psychology, and his legacy in the Western tradition.
Aug 17, 2018 · The Andalusian Ibn Rushd [Averroes] (d. 1198 CE) was a faithful disciple of Aristotle and he stuck to the organization of the Aristotelian corpus implemented by Andronicus of Rhodes (fl. 1st century BCE), a scholar of the Peripatetic school who gave the science of the soul a place of its own, as would Averroes.
Learn about Averroes, the most prolific author of commentaries on Aristotle and other philosophical and scientific topics. Explore his views on the relationship between philosophy and religion, his influence on European thinkers, and his linguistic and intellectual legacy.
As a Muslim, Averroës insists on the attainment of happiness in this and the next life by all believers. This is, however, qualified by Averroës as the disciple of Plato: the highest intellectual perfection is reserved for the metaphysician, as in Plato’s ideal state. But the Muslim’s ideal state provides for the happiness of the masses ...
