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Averroes 1126 1198

Ibn Rushd (1126-1198), also known as Averroes, was an influential Muslim philosopher and scholar from Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain). He received an excellent education in medicine and studied under other great scholars. Ibn Rushd was inspired by Ibn Tufail to write extensive commentaries on Aristotle, helping to reintroduce Aristotelian philosophy to Muslim culture. Though he attempted to reconcile Aristotelianism with Islam, Ibn Rushd's radical ideas made him controversial and his influence waxed and waned. His works had a major impact on later Islamic scholarship as well as the European Renaissance. Ibn Rushd is believed to have died of old age in 1

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Averroes 1126 1198

Ibn Rushd (1126-1198), also known as Averroes, was an influential Muslim philosopher and scholar from Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain). He received an excellent education in medicine and studied under other great scholars. Ibn Rushd was inspired by Ibn Tufail to write extensive commentaries on Aristotle, helping to reintroduce Aristotelian philosophy to Muslim culture. Though he attempted to reconcile Aristotelianism with Islam, Ibn Rushd's radical ideas made him controversial and his influence waxed and waned. His works had a major impact on later Islamic scholarship as well as the European Renaissance. Ibn Rushd is believed to have died of old age in 1

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Ibn Rushd –

Averroes
1126-1198
by: Wahab Dia Jr
Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad
ibn Rushd

Latin Name: Averroes


Birthdate and
Birthplace
il 14, 1126 Cordoba, Al Andalus
Childhood/Early Youth

•  Because of the status of the family


that Ibn Rushd was born into
education was very important.
•  His family was well known in their
area for their legal and public
services.
•  His medical education was directed
under Abu Jafar ibn Harun of
Trujillo in Seville.
•  He later began furthering his
career with the help of Ibn Tufail.
Inspiration

Ibn Tufail inspired Rushd to write his


famous commentaries on Aristotle. Ibn
Rushd writing on Aristotle resurrected
his name and his teaching in the Muslim
culture.
Areas of Study

Theology, Philosophy,
Astronomy, Mathematics, and
Medicine.
His Rise and Fall

 Ibn Rashd’s rise and fall were generally


the same. The more famous he got for his
radical ideas, the more people of higher
status resented him and what he stood
for.
 Most Notable Idea: Reconciliation of
Aristotelianism with Islam.
Famous Works
 He had a nickname, “Commentator of Aristotle.” These Commentaries were his most
famous works.
Jami, Talkhis, and Tafsir
Many disclaiming Islamic theologian, Ghazali.

The philosophers say: It is impossible that the temporal should proceed from the
absolutely Eternal. For it is clear if we assume the Eternal existing without, for
instance, the world proceeding from Him, then, at a certain moment, the world
beginning to proceed from Him-that it did not proceed before, because there was no
determining principle for its existence, but its existence was pure possibility. When the
world begins in time, a new determinant either does or does not arise. If it does not, the
world will stay in the same state of pure possibility as before; if a new determinant
does arise, the same question can be asked about this new determinant, why it
determines now, and not before, and either we shall have an infinite regress or we shall
arrive at a principle determining eternally.
Influence on the Later Generations

He gave Aristotle back his name with his


commentaries. Aristotle became
important again in the Islamic culture.
Ibn Rushd brought more religious
tolerance to the Islamic faith.
Influence during the European Renaissance Era

• Ibn Rushd was a philosopher but was also


a religious person. His whole focus was to
show people that there was no problem
combining the two, if you did it properly.
The Renaissance Era was an era of
• Art, Literature and power being stripped
from the church all ushered in by the
teaching and writings of Ibn Rushd. Ibn
Rushd’s writing were the avenue of the
movement that we call the European
Renaissance.
Death and Manner of
Death

• December 10th, 1198


• 
• Ibn Rushd death is unspecified but
because of his old age many think that
the cause was simply old age.
• 
• Place of Death was Marrakech,
Morocco

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