Editorial – 5th issue Summer 2004
Dear readers! We are most happy to be able to present to you some new interesting contributions from the Arab World. Please have a look! Three articles go back to […]
Continue ReadingAverroës – The Great Muslim Philosopher Who Planted The Seeds of the European Renaissance
Abû al-Walîd Muhammad Ibn Rushd, better known in the West as Averroës, but also in medieval times as Avén Ruiz and Averrhoes, was born in 1126 A.D. in Cordova, once the illustrious capital of Moorish Spain. The descendant of a distinguished Cordovan family of scholars, he was the third generation of his lineage to hold the office of qâdî (judge). One of the foremost figures of Arab civilization, he became known as the ‘Prince of Science’, – the master of jurisprudence, mathematics, medicine and, above all, philosophy.
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