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The great commentator on Aristotle. He argued that philosophy and religion are two paths to the same truth, and neither should silence the other.
He reconciled Aristotle with Christianity and wrote the most systematic theology ever attempted. Then he stopped, saying all he had written was straw.
Connection
Ibn Rushd the commentator Thomas Aquinas — Aquinas called Ibn Rushd 'The Commentator' and engaged deeply with his Aristotle commentaries throughout the Summa.
Ideas
Words
“Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence.”
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
“The things that we love tell us what we are.”
Key Moments
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
1245 CE
Studies in Paris and Cologne
1265 CE
Writes the Summa Theologica
December 1273 CE
The Mystical Experience
1274 CE
Dies on the Road
Works
The Incoherence of the Incoherence
Summa Theologica