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The Greatest Master of Sufi metaphysics, who taught that all being is one, and that creation is God seeing himself in a mirror.
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
Ibn Rushd famous meeting Ibn Arabi — The young Ibn Arabi met the aging Ibn Rushd in Córdoba, an encounter of the rational and the mystical paths of Islamic thought.
Ideas
Words
“My heart has become capable of every form. Love is my religion, wherever its caravan turns.”
“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence.”
Key Moments
1165 CE
Born in Murcia
c. 1190 CE
Meeting Ibn Rushd
c. 1230 CE
The Meccan Revelations
1240 CE
Death in Damascus
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 Bezels of Wisdom
The Incoherence of the Incoherence