Ibn Rushd (Averroës)
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Ibn Rushd (Averroës) 🇪🇸

أبو الوليد محمد بن أحمد بن رشد (Known as "The Great Commentator")
Andalusian Philosopher, Chief Qadi, Physician, Aristotelian Commentator
Born 14 April 1126 🇪🇸 Cordoba, Spain
Passed Away 10 December 1198 Marrakech, Morocco
Lifespan 72 years old
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Notice / Correction
"Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence. This is the equation. Truth cannot contradict truth."

Archival Overview

Master philosopher and jurist of Islamic Spain whose profound commentaries on Aristotle and defense of rational inquiry (Fasl al-Maqal) catalyzed the European Renaissance.

Biographical Record

Ibn Rushd (1126–1198 CE), known in Europe as Averroës, was born into a distinguished family of legal scholars in Islamic Cordoba. Appointed Chief Judge (*Qadi*) of Seville and Cordoba, and personal physician to the Almohad caliphs, he undertook a lifelong project to restore the pure, uncorrupted philosophy of Aristotle.

In works like The Incoherence of the Incoherence (*Tahafut al-Tahafut*) and *The Decisive Treatise* (*Fasl al-Maqal*), he defended the harmony between divine revelation and rational philosophical investigation. His Latin translations sparked 'Latin Averroism' at the universities of Paris and Padua, laying the intellectual groundwork for the Western Renaissance.

Key Life Milestones

1179 CE

Composition of 'The Decisive Treatise'

Demonstrated through Islamic jurisprudence that philosophical inquiry into the cosmos is not merely permissible, but an obligation.

c. 1180 CE

Publication of 'The Incoherence of the Incoherence'

Penned his masterpiece refuting Al-Ghazali and defending the necessary rationality of natural cause and effect.

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Final Resting Place

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Ibn Rushd Mausoleum Site (Ibn Abbas Cemetery)
Marrakech, Morocco
GPS: 37.8814, -4.7828
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