Averroes
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Andalusian philosopher
Aristotelian commentator
Islamic philosopher
human
jurist
philosopher
physician
polymath
Averroes was a 12th-century Andalusian Muslim philosopher, jurist, and physician renowned for his extensive commentaries on Aristotle and his major influence on both Islamic and Western medieval thought.
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| instanceOf |
Andalusian philosopher
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Aristotelian commentator → Islamic philosopher → human → jurist → philosopher → physician → polymath → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Aben Rushd
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Averroës → Ibn Rushd → |
| birthName |
Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rushd
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| burialPlace |
Córdoba
NERFINISHED
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Almohad Caliphate
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| dateOfBirth |
1126
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| dateOfDeath |
1198
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| era |
Islamic Golden Age
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Medieval philosophy → |
| ethnicGroup |
Arab
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| familyBackground |
family of Maliki jurists
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| fieldOfWork |
Islamic jurisprudence
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astronomy → logic → medicine → philosophy → theology → |
| impact |
central figure in transmission of Aristotelian philosophy to Latin Europe
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major influence on Islamic philosophy → major influence on Western medieval thought → |
| influenced |
Jewish medieval philosophers
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Latin Averroists → Siger of Brabant → Thomas Aquinas → Western scholasticism → |
| influencedBy |
Al-Fārābī
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Aristotle → Ibn Bājja → Ibn Sīnā → |
| languageOfWork |
Arabic
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| legalSchool |
Maliki
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| movement |
Aristotelianism
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Averroism → Peripatetic philosophy → |
| notableIdea |
doctrine of double truth (ascribed in Latin tradition)
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harmony of philosophy and revealed religion → unity of the intellect → |
| notableWork |
Bidāyat al-Mujtahid wa Nihāyat al-Muqtaṣid
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Faṣl al-Maqāl → Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla → Long Commentaries on Aristotle → Middle Commentaries on Aristotle → Short Commentaries on Aristotle → Tahāfut al-Tahāfut → |
| occupation |
court physician
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qadi → |
| philosophicalSchool |
Aristotelianism
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| placeOfBirth |
Al-Andalus
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Córdoba NERFINISHED → Islamic Spain → |
| placeOfDeath |
Almohad Caliphate
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Marrakesh NERFINISHED → |
| positionHeld |
chief qadi of Córdoba
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physician to the Almohad caliphs → |
| region |
Al-Andalus
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| religion |
Islam
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| workedOn |
commentaries on nearly all works of Aristotle then available in Arabic
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Referenced by (16)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Averroes
("Ibn Rushd")
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Averroes ("Averroës") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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On Interpretation
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On the Soul → |
hasCommentaryBy |
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Gersonides
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Summa contra Gentiles → |
influencedBy |
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Aristotelianism
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Islamic philosophy ("Ibn Rushd") → |
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Averroes
("Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rushd")
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birthName |
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Arabic literature
("Ibn Rushd")
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hasNotableAuthor |
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Islamic ethics
("Ibn Rushd")
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hasNotableScholar |
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Aristotle
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Islamic medicine
("Ibn Rushd")
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Almohad dynasty
("Ibn Rushd (Averroes)")
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Islamic Golden Age
("Ibn Rushd (Averroes)")
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notableScholar |
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Guide for the Perplexed
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philosophicalInfluence |