Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
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Andalusian philosopher, judge and physician (1126 to 1198), born in Cordova; chief physician to the Almohad caliph in Marrakesh; best known for his…
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The business of philosophy is to study creation in order to be guided to its Creator (opens korrents.com)
“We maintain that the business of philosophy is nothing other than to look into creation and to ponder over it in order to be guided to the Creator,—in other words, to look into the meaning of existence.”
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Philosophical reasoning is no forbidden innovation just because it did not exist in early Islam (opens korrents.com)
“One cannot maintain that this kind of reasoning is an innovation in religion because it did not exist in the early days of Islam. For legal reasoning and its kinds are things which were invented also in later ages, and…”
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We should study what the ancients wrote, accept what is true and be warned by what is wrong (opens korrents.com)
“All that is required of us is that we should go back to their books and see what they have said in this connection. If all that they say be true, we should accept it and if there be something wrong, we should be warned…”
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The business of philosophy is to study creation in order to be guided to its Creator (opens korrents.com)