Averroes: His Life, Work and InfluenceThis stimulating book covers all area of the twelfth century Muslim philosopher's life from his transmission of Aristotelian thought to the Western world, to his conflict with the Ash'arite theologians. |
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Averroes and the Latin West | 129 |
Averroes and Aquinas | 139 |
Conclusion | 165 |
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Abū accident according to Averroes action Active Intellect actuality agent al-Andalus al-Fārābī al-Ghazālī Al-Kashf Al-Kindī Alexander of Aphrodisias already mentioned Analytica Posteriora Anima animal apprehend Aquinas Arabic argument Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's Ash'arites attributes Averroes argues Averroist Avicenna caliph causal cause century concept corruption created creation Creator deduction demonstration deny discussion divine essence eternal Ethics existing entities faculty forms God's knowledge heavenly bodies human Ibid Ibn Rushd Ibn Tumart imagination Incoherence intelligibles Islamic kalām Kitāb al-Nafs known Latin logic mankind means motion Mu'tazilites Muslim Mutakallimun nature Neoplatonic Neoplatonists object paraphrase particular perfection philosophers physical Plato possible intellect potentiality predicated premises principles Prophet qiyās question Qur'an rational reason refers regarded religion religious Rénan rhetorical scholars sciences Scripture sense Siger of Brabant soul subsist substance Summa Theologica Tabafut al-Tahāfut Tahāfut Talkhīs Kitāb temporal theologians theological thesis things Thomas translated treatise universal Unmoved Mover verse virtue whereas wisdom writes