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Life
He held the most prestigious teaching post in the Islamic world, then abandoned it. Philosophy had failed him. Only direct experience of God would do.
The great commentator on Aristotle. He argued that philosophy and religion are two paths to the same truth, and neither should silence the other.
Connection
Al-Ghazali target of counter-critique Ibn Rushd — Ibn Rushd wrote the Incoherence of the Incoherence as a direct response to Al-Ghazali.
Ideas
Words
“Knowledge without action is vanity, and action without knowledge is insanity.”
“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence.”
Key Moments
1091 CE
Teaching at the Nizamiyya
1095 CE
Crisis and Departure
c. 1095 CE
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
1111 CE
Death in Tus
1126 CE
Born in Cordoba
c. 1169 CE
Commissioned to Comment on Aristotle
c. 1180 CE
The Incoherence of the Incoherence
1195 CE
Exile and Restoration
Works
The Incoherence of the Philosophers
The Incoherence of the Incoherence