Averroes Quotes

Morocco, Philosopher
1126 – December, 11, 1198.

Ibn Rushd, was a Muslim Andalusian philosopher and thinker who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and linguistics. His philosophical works include numerous commentaries on Aristotle, for which he was known in the West as The Commentator. He also served as a judge and a court physician for the Almohad caliphate.

The necessary connexion of movement and time is real and time is something the soul (dhihn) constructs in movement.

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- Time
- Soul
- Movement
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.

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- Fear
- Violence
- Ignorance

If teleological study of the world is philosophy, and if the Law commands such a study, then the Law commands philosophy.

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- Law
- Study
- Philosophy
Women should be treated as human beings, not as domestic animals.

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- Women
- Human
- Animals
Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect.

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After logic we must proceed to philosophy proper. Here too we have to learn from our predecessors, just as in mathematics and law. Thus it is wrong to forbid the study of ancient philosophy. Harm from it is accidental, like harm from taking medicine, drinking water, or studying law.

Averroes
- Study
- Philosophy
- Logic
The texts about the future life fall into, since demonstrative scholars do not agree whether to take them in their apparent meaning or interpret them allegorically. Either is permissible. But it is inexcusable to deny the fact of a future life altogether.

Averroes
- Future
- Agree
- Interpret
There is no city that is truly one other than this city that we anahnti are involved in bringing forth.

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- City
- Involved
- Forth

The double meaning has been given to suit people's diverse intelligence. The apparent contradictions are meant to stimulate the learned to deeper study.

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The Law teaches that the universe was invented and created by God, and that it did not come into being by chance or by itself.

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- God
- Universe
- Created