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| Averroes: Averroes, born 1126, was a medieval Andalusian philosopher and polymath. He made significant contributions to various fields, including philosophy, medicine, astronomy, and law, and played a key role in transmitting Aristotle's works to Western Europe._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Otfried Höffe on Averroes - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 133 Averroes/Höffe: Ibn Rushd, Latin Averroes (1126-1188), a philosopher, judge and Ibn Tufail's successor as personal physician, [renewed], here in the succession of al-Farabi and Avicenna, the right of philosophy over religion. On behalf of the Caliph of Marrakech (...) he writes exemplary commentaries on Aristotle, whom he admires. AverroesVsAl-Gazali: In his criticism of al-Gazali he denies his claim that the philosophers denied the perfection of God claimed in the Qur'an._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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