Averroes - Ibn Rushd
from Western Moral Philosophy For Beginners
In the twelfth century, in the city of Córdoba in al-Andalus, a man sits in a library that many Europeans of his time would have found unimaginable. Shelves groan under texts in Arabic, Latin, and Greek. Astrolabes and globes hang from the ceiling; mathematical tables, legal manuals, works of poetry and theology, and volumes of Aristotle line the walls. Outside, the city is a crossroads of cultures: Muslims, Christians, and Jews live under Islamic rule; scholars argue in courtyards; merchants cross the Mediterranean with books as well as goods. Inside, this man bends over a manuscript of Aristotle, pen in hand, writing line after line of commentary. His aim is bold: to make Aristotle speak clearly to his own age and to show that reason and revelation, properly understood, do not conflict. Selenius Media
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