Averroes - A Rationalist in Islam
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Averroes - A Rationalist in Islam
His prodigious knowledge of astronomy, medicine, Aristotelian philosophy, Qur’anic studies, and civil law made Averroes a favorite of the sultan’s court. He was appointed Grand Qadi, the highest judicial position in the medieval Spanish city of Cordoba. Yet in the midst of his success, Averroes faced a struggle that is not unknown to thinkers today: how to reconcile reason with faith.
In 1195, following conflicts with orthodox Muslim clergy, who possessed political influence and power, Averroes fell into disfavor with the leaders of the Islamic state. His writings were burned and he was forced into exile. Eventually he regained his position as an intellectual leader but he died shortly thereafter in 1198. This perceptive study of a multifaceted intellectual enriches our understanding not only of Averroes himself, but also of the medieval world in which he lived.
Through a combination of biography and analyses of Averroes’ various commentaries on Aristotle and his theological treatises, Arnaldez argues that Averroes deserves a higher place in Muslim intellectual history than he now holds.
Roger Arnaldez, member of the Académie Francaise and professor emeritus at the Sorbonne, is the author of numerous works, including Three Messengers for One God, also published by the University of Notre Dame Press