Latin Averroism | Middle Ages, Aristotelianism, Scholasticism - Britannica Latin Averroism, the teachings of a number of Western Christian philosophers who, in the later Middle Ages and during the Renaissance, drew inspiration from the interpretation of Aristotle put forward by Averroës, a Muslim philosopher The basic tenet of Latin Averroism was the assertion that reason and philosophy are superior to faith and knowledge founded on faith
Averroism - New World Encyclopedia Averroism is the term applied to two philosophical trends originating among European scholastics in the late thirteenth century, after the introduction of Averroës' interpretations of Aristotle European scholastics, who had been heavily dependent on Platonism and Neo-Platonism, made a new acquaintance with Aristotle in the twelfth century, through Latin translations of the Arabic commentaries