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ibn Rushd


Born
in Qurṭubah, Al-Andalus, Almoravid empire
March 24, 1126

Died
November 20, 1198

Genre

Influences
Aristotle, ابن زهر (His teacher, Ibn Zuhr), Al-Ghazali ...more


Arabic version: ابن رشد
Commentaries of well known Arab philosopher, jurist, and physician Averroës or Averrhoës, also ibn Rushd, of Spain on Aristotle exerted a strong influence on medieval Christian theology.

Abu'l-Walid Ibn Rushd, better as Averroes, stands as a towering figure in the history of Islamic as that of west European thought. In the Islamic world, he played a decisive role in the defense of Greeks against the onslaughts of the Ash'arite (Mutakallimun), led by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, and in the rehabilitation.

A common theme throughout his writings properly understood religion with no incompatibility. His contributions took many forms, ranging from his detailed, his defense against the attacks of those who condemned it as contrary
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On the Harmony of Religions...

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“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence. This is the equation.”
Ibn Rushd, Averroes: Antología
tags: fear

“Two truths cannot contradict one another.”
Averroès

“Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect”
AverroEs, Decisive Treatise and Epistle Dedicatory