Philosophy in Andalusia Flashcards
who was Ibn Bajah?
Ibn Bajah (d. 1138) was the first philosopher in Andalusia. He dessiminated Neoplatonic and peripatetic ideas in the west.
who was Ibn Tufayl?
Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185) the author of Hayy bin Yaqzan.
Ibn Bajah and Ibn Tufayl:
Both were mainly preoccupied with the mystical aspect in Islamic philosophy introduced by Ibn Sina. According to them the prototype of the genuine philosopher is the “solitary” man who dedicates his life for seeking truth and wisdom through “contact” with the “intelligible world”. The philosopher or the solitary man lives in this world the life of a stranger, contrary to Aristotle who believed that man is by nature “a social animal”
who was Ibn Rushd or Averroes?
Abu al-Walid Ibn Rushd (d. 1198) or Averroes was also a qadi (religious judge) and a physician.
- The greates philosopher in Islam since Ibn Sina, his only equal in the east.
why did Ibn Rushd called Averroes?
Ibn Rushd’s detailed commentaries on Aristotle earned Averroes the title “The Commentator”
what was ibn rushd one of his most important concerns.
harmonizing religion and philosophy
“Fasl al-Maqal” translated to English as the “Decisive Treatise”.
ibn rushd most important work dealing with this perennial theme of the relation between religion and philosophy
“Tahafut al-Tahafut” or “The Incoherence of the Incoherence”:
is a detailed and careful refutation of al-Ghazzali’s earlier work “Tahafut al-Falasifa”. In this work Ibn Rushd was primarily concerned in defending Aristotle rather than Ibn Sina against al-Ghazali.
Is the world created in time as held by al Ghazali or is it the product of eternal immanation as in Ibn Sina’s philosophy.
Ibn Rushd disagreed with both on this issue?
- Al-Ghazali’s view is inconsistent with the doctrine of divine omnipotence.
2 Ibn Sina’s view contradicts with Aristotelian philosophy which provided the scientific world view of the time.
For him the world is the product of divine creation from all eternity.
On the view of the eternity of the world:
ibn rushd cited the Qur’an in support of his view of “eternal creation”
A passage that speaks of God as “ascending to the heaven which was made up of smoke”
“creating the heavens and the earth in six days while His throne rested on water”
when did Translation of the works of Ibn Rushd and Ibn Sina to the Latin language started
- in the Middle of the 12th century
- through the works of Ibn Rushd that the European scholars were introduced to the Greek philosophy before the works of Aristotle were translated to Latin language.
- The Hebrew scholars were instrumental in translating the works of Ibn Rushd to Latin language.
