Averroes, Philosopher of Islam, 2019
By: Matteo Di Giovanni
Title Averroes, Philosopher of Islam
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2019
Published in Interpreting Averroes. Critical Essays
Pages 9–26
Categories Biography, al-Ġazālī
Author(s) Matteo Di Giovanni
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)
The opening chapter of the book situates Averroes' project within the intellectual context of medieval Islamic Spain, arguing that Averroes' project of writing commentaries on Aristotle was in part a response to the provocations of Muslim theologians and especially Ghazali. Even some of his most notorious philosophical positions, for instance on the unity of the human intellect and the eternity of the world, can be better understood within this context.

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Averroes, Philosopher of Islam, 2019
By: Matteo Di Giovanni
Title Averroes, Philosopher of Islam
Type Book Section
Language English
Date 2019
Published in Interpreting Averroes. Critical Essays
Pages 9–26
Categories Biography, al-Ġazālī
Author(s) Matteo Di Giovanni
Publisher(s)
Translator(s)
The opening chapter of the book situates Averroes' project within the intellectual context of medieval Islamic Spain, arguing that Averroes' project of writing commentaries on Aristotle was in part a response to the provocations of Muslim theologians and especially Ghazali. Even some of his most notorious philosophical positions, for instance on the unity of the human intellect and the eternity of the world, can be better understood within this context.

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