Abu-l-Walid ibn-Rushd

Abu-l-Walid ibn-Rushd (1126-1198), full name Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd, better known in the Latin West as Averroes, was a Spanish Arabic philosopher, jurist, and medical writer. He is known for his summaries and commentaries on the works of Aristotle. He defended original Aristotelian thought and repudiated the ideas of al-Ghazali. He was indicted for irreligiousity in 1195 and exiled. After that he was accorded a sinecure from an Islamic prince in Morocco, where he died.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Philosophy is the friend and milk-sister of religion; thus injuries from people related to philosophy are the severest injuries (to religion) apart from the enmity, hatred, and quarrels which such ( injuries ) stir up between the two, which are companions by nature and lovers by essence and instinct.

Chu Hsi

Nearby pages
Abu-Thaleb, Abubekr, Abuja, Abul Ala Al Maarri, Abul Ala Mawdudi, Abul Fadl al-Suqqari al-Marwazi