Averroës – Ibn Rushd

Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/09/2018
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Location
The Draft House Westbridge




The philosophy of Ibn Rushd – Frank Gelli

Ibn Rushd – known in the West as Averroës – is arguably the greatest Arab/Muslim philosopher. The important issues he grappled with are still with us today, the age of fundamentalism, ISIS and the so-called ‘clash of civilisations’. I will discuss some key feature of his thought but if you want a brief, fictional and amusing introduction to this great man’s ideas, read J.L. Borges’ entertaining short story ‘Averroës’s Search’, Available in paperback, in any collection of Borges’ works

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