Averroes Ibn Rushd

The Incoherence of the Incoherence

Refutation of Al-Ghazali defending Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy

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Averroes Ibn Rushd

Andalusian philosopher whose extensive commentaries on Aristotle earned him the title 'The Commentator' in medieval Europe. His defense of philosophy against Al-Ghazali's attacks sparked the most important intellectual controversy in medieval Islamic thought. Through his commentaries, Aristotelianism was reintroduced to Western scholasticism.

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