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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Averroes canonical	27
Ibn Rushd	17
Ibn Rushd (Averroes)	3
Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd	2
Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rushd	1
Averroës	1
Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (Averroes the Elder)	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Andalusian philosopher ⓘ Aristotelian commentator ⓘ Islamic philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ physician ⓘ polymath ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Aben Rushd ⓘ Averroes ⓘ surface form: Averroës Averroes ⓘ surface form: Ibn Rushd
birthName	Averroes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rushd
burialPlace	Cordoba (historical) ⓘ surface form: Córdoba
countryOfCitizenship	Almohad dynasty ⓘ surface form: Almohad Caliphate
dateOfBirth	1126 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1198 ⓘ
era	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ Medieval philosophy ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Arab
familyBackground	family of Maliki jurists ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ astronomy ⓘ logic ⓘ medicine ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ
impact	central figure in transmission of Aristotelian philosophy to Latin Europe ⓘ major influence on Islamic philosophy ⓘ major influence on Western medieval thought ⓘ
influenced	Jewish medieval philosophers ⓘ Latin Averroists ⓘ Siger of Brabant ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas Western scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy	Al-Farabi ⓘ surface form: Al-Fārābī Aristotle ⓘ Ibn Bajjah ⓘ surface form: Ibn Bājja Avicenna ⓘ surface form: Ibn Sīnā
languageOfWork	Arabic ⓘ
legalSchool	Maliki ⓘ
movement	Aristotelianism ⓘ Aristotelianism ⓘ surface form: Averroism Peripatetic school ⓘ surface form: Peripatetic philosophy
notableIdea	doctrine of double truth (ascribed in Latin tradition) ⓘ harmony of philosophy and revealed religion ⓘ unity of the intellect ⓘ
notableWork	al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah ⓘ surface form: Bidāyat al-Mujtahid wa Nihāyat al-Muqtaṣid Faṣl al-Maqāl ⓘ Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla ⓘ Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ surface form: Long Commentaries on Aristotle Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ Middle Commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ surface form: Short Commentaries on Aristotle Tahafut al-Falasifa ⓘ surface form: Tahāfut al-Tahāfut
occupation	court physician ⓘ qadi ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Aristotelianism ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Andalusia ⓘ surface form: Al-Andalus Cordoba (historical) ⓘ surface form: Córdoba Islamic Spain ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Almohad dynasty ⓘ surface form: Almohad Caliphate Marrakesh ⓘ
positionHeld	chief qadi of Córdoba ⓘ physician to the Almohad caliphs ⓘ
region	Andalusia ⓘ surface form: Al-Andalus
religion	Islam ⓘ
workedOn	commentaries on nearly all works of Aristotle then available in Arabic ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guide for the Perplexed → philosophicalInfluence → Averroes ⓘ

Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

Aristotle → influenced → Averroes ⓘ

Islamic ethics → hasNotableScholar → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Islamic philosophy → majorFigure → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Almohad dynasty → notableFigure → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

Arabic literature → hasNotableAuthor → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Islamic medicine → keyFigure → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Aristotelianism → majorFigure → Averroes ⓘ

Gersonides → influencedBy → Averroes ⓘ

Averroes → birthName → Averroes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rushd

Averroes → alsoKnownAs → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Averroes → alsoKnownAs → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Averroës

Summa contra Gentiles → influencedBy → Averroes ⓘ

On the Soul → hasCommentaryBy → Averroes ⓘ

On Interpretation → hasCommentaryBy → Averroes ⓘ

Aristotle’s On the Heavens → influenced → Averroes ⓘ

Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption → commentedOnBy → Averroes ⓘ

subject surface form: On Generation and Corruption

Maghrebi Maliki tradition → hasNotableScholar → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd al-Jadd (Averroes the Elder)

Roger Bacon → influencedBy → Averroes ⓘ

Tahafut al-Falasifa → wasRefutedBy → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

Islamic West → notableScholar → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Albert of Cologne → influencedBy → Averroes ⓘ

Ibn Tufayl → influenced → Averroes ⓘ

Ibn Tufayl → notableStudent → Averroes ⓘ

Toledo School of Translators → translatedAuthor → Averroes ⓘ

Abu Yaqub Yusuf → patronOf → Averroes ⓘ

The Incoherence of the Philosophers → wasAnsweredBy → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

The Incoherence of the Incoherence → author → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Ibn Zuhr → relative → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Ibn Zuhr → influenced → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd → author → Averroes ⓘ

subject surface form: Bidayat al-Mujtahid

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd → authorName → Averroes ⓘ

subject surface form: Bidayat al-Mujtahid

this entity surface form: Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd

Alexander of Aphrodisias → influenced → Averroes ⓘ

Enumeration of the Sciences → influenced → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Ibn Bajjah → influenced → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Ralbag → influencedBy → Averroes ⓘ

The Wars of the Lord → influencedBy → Averroes ⓘ

Levi ben Gershom → influencedBy → Averroes ⓘ

Aben Rushd → hasName → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Aben Rushd → birthName → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd

Faṣl al-Maqāl → author → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla → author → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd

Latin Averroists → mainInfluence → Averroes ⓘ

Middle Commentaries on Aristotle → author → Averroes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ibn Rushd