Averroes - Wikipedia Averroes was a strong proponent of Aristotelianism; he attempted to restore what he considered the original teachings of Aristotle and opposed the Neoplatonist tendencies of earlier Muslim thinkers, such as al-Farabi and Avicenna He also defended the pursuit of philosophy against criticism by Ash'ari theologians such as Al-Ghazali
Averroes | Biography, Philosophy, Books, History | Britannica Averroës (born 1126, Córdoba [Spain]—died 1198, Marrakech, Almohad empire [now in Morocco]) was an influential Islamic religious philosopher who integrated Islamic traditions with ancient Greek thought
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd, better known in the Latin West as Averroes, lived during a unique period in Western intellectual history, in which interest in philosophy and theology was waning in the Muslim world and just beginning to flourish in Latin Christendom
Ibn Rushd [Averroes] - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Often improperly referred to as Averroes—the corrupted form his name took in Latin—Ibn Rushd quickly achieved such prominence in later European thought as to rival the influence of Aristotle himself, whose works Ibn Rushd tirelessly championed
Averroes - New World Encyclopedia Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126 – December 10, 1198) was an Andalusian- Arab philosopher and physician, a master of philosophy and Islamic law, mathematics, and medicine
Who Was Averroes? - TheCollector Averroes was an Andalusian polymath during the Islamic Golden Ages He wrote countless works in philosophy, theology, law, medicine, astronomy, physics, Islamic jurisprudence, mathematics, and linguistics
Biography - Averroes Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Rushd (1126-1198), known to the West as Averroes or as “the Commentator” for his 38 commentaries on Aristotle, was also a prominent jurist, qāḍī, theologian, and physician who lived in various cities in Andalusia (now Spain) and the Maghreb (now Morocco)