Averroes

Tags: Philosopher.

ʾAbū l-Walīd Muḥammad bin ʾAḥmad bin Rušd (Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد بن احمد بن رشد‎) commonly known as Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد‎) or by his Latinized name Averroës (/əˈvɛroʊ.iːz/; April 14 1126 – December 10 1198) was an Al-Andalus Muslim polymath a master of Aristotelian philosophy Islamic philosophy Islamic theology Maliki law and jurisprudence logic psychology politics and Andalusian classical music theory and the sciences of medicine astronomy geography mathematics physics and celestial mechanics.

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birth date

1126-04-14

birth place

Almoravid dynasty, Córdoba Andalusia, Al-Andalus

death date

1198-12-10

death place

Marrakesh, Morocco, Almohad Caliphate

era

Medieval philosophy

individualised GND number

118505238

influenced

Baruch Spinoza, Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas, Siger of Brabant, Boetius of Dacia

influenced by

Alexander of Aphrodisias, Aristotle, Avempace, Al-Farabi, Ibn Zuhr, John Philoponus

LCCN Id

n/81/027798

main interest

Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Astronomy, Philosophy, Islamic theology

notableIdea

Aristotelianism

philosophicalSchool

Averroism

region

Islamic philosophy