When1: 1180
When2: 1190
Who: Averroës or Ibn Rushd [Rushd, Ibn]
What: philosopher/physician
Where: Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain
works\ Incoherence of the Incoherence [1180]; Decisive Treatise on the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy [1190]
Detail: He lived 1126 to 1198, commented on Aristotle's works, which had just become available in Europe, and developed non-theological Arabian philosophy {Averroism}, which influenced later European philosophers. People can use religious truth, and philosophers can use rational truth {double truth, Ibn Rushd}. Only intellect is immortal. Intellect is impersonal.
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