Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Andalusian philosopher, judge and physician (1126 to 1198), born in Cordova; chief physician to the Almohad caliph in Marrakesh; best known for his commentaries on Aristotle.
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The business of philosophy is to study creation in order to be guided to its Creator
We maintain that the business of philosophy is nothing other than to look into creation and to ponder over it in order to be guided to the Creator,—in other words, to look into the meaning of existence.
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The business of philosophy is to study creation in order to be guided to its Creator
We maintain that the business of philosophy is nothing other than to look into creation and to ponder over it in order to be guided to the Creator,—in other words, to look into the meaning of existence.
A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921) Said c. 1126–1195
Philosophical reasoning is no forbidden innovation just because it did not exist in early Islam
One cannot maintain that this kind of reasoning is an innovation in religion because it did not exist in the early days of Islam. For legal reasoning and its kinds are things which were invented also in later ages, and no one thinks they are innovations.
A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921) Said c. 1126–1195
We should study what the ancients wrote, accept what is true and be warned by what is wrong
All that is required of us is that we should go back to their books and see what they have said in this connection. If all that they say be true, we should accept it and if there be something wrong, we should be warned by it.
A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921) Said c. 1126–1195
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No one can discover alone everything a science or an art requires
This is similar not only in the sciences but also in the arts. For no one is capable of discovering by himself alone everything which is required.
A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921) Said c. 1126–1195
A useful thing should not be banned because it harms some people by accident
It is not right that a drug which is medically useful by its nature should be discarded because it may prove harmful by accident.
A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921) Said c. 1126–1195
People come to belief in different ways: some through philosophy, some through argument, some through exhortation
We say this, because temperaments differ in believing: one will believe through philosophy; while another will believe through dogmatic discourse, just as firmly as the former, as no other method appeals to his nature.
A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921) Said c. 1126–1195
Rational investigation does not contradict revealed law, because truth cannot contradict truth
As this Law is true and leads to the consideration of the knowledge of God, we Muslims should believe that rational investigation is not contrary to Law, for truth cannot contradict truth, but verifies it and bears testimony to it.
A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921) Said c. 1126–1195
Where scripture seems to oppose a truth proved by philosophy, it admits of interpretation
We hold it to be an established truth that if the Law is apparently opposed to a truth proved by philosophy it admits of an interpretation according to the canons of the Arabic language.
A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921) Said c. 1126–1195
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