Abul-Waleed Muhammad Ibn Rushd

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This paper examines how Abul-Waleed Muhammad Ibn Rushd (1126-1198 C.E), also known as Averroes, is regarded by many as one of the foremost Islamic philosophers and a pivotal figure in the history of Andalusian philosophy. He is also deemed an important figure in the history of Western philosophy. It looks at how an important contribution to Islamic culture and philosophy was his defense of Greek philosophy in the Islamic world as well as his emphasis on the philosophy of Aristotle. Ibn Rushd is credited with the introduction of "rationalism" into Islamic philosophy and believed that the central motivation for the search for truth lay in the search for an awareness of the "oneness of God the Almighty". His contribution to Islamic and world knowledge lay in his insistence that philosophy and religious thought should be integrated in an attempt to understand the truth of existence.

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"Abul-Waleed Muhammad Ibn Rushd was born in Cordova, Spain in 520 A.H. or 1128 C.E. He came from a well-known judicial family and both his father and grandfather were judges. His family was also well-known for their scholarship. He studied religious law, medicine, mathematics, and philosophy. Ibn Rushd was appointed as judge in Seville at the age of forty-four. He wrote commentaries on the works of Aristotle, including the Metaphysics. After serving as a judge in Cordova he was called to Marrakech to work as a physician for the Caliph there. On his return to Cordova he was appointed as Chief Judge. Ibn Rushd was interested in philosophy and logic and was intent on integrating philosophy and religion in many of his works."

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