PHILOSOPHER

Averroes

1126 - 1198

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Ibn Rushd (14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), Latinized as Averroes, was an Andalusian polymath and jurist who was proficient in a variety of intellectual fields, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, mathematics, neurology, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and linguistics. The author of more than 100 books and treatises, his philosophical works include numerous commentaries on Aristotle, for which he was known in the Western world as "The Commentator" and "Father of Rationalism". Averroes was a strong proponent of Aristotelianism; he attempted to restore what he considered the original teachings of Aristotle and opposed the Neoplatonist tendencies of earlier Muslim thinkers, such as al-Farabi and Avicenna. He also defended the pursuit of philosophy against criticism by Ash'ari theologians such as Al-Ghazali. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 109 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 107 in 2024). Averroes is the 29th most popular philosopher (down from 26th in 2024), the 8th most popular biography from Spain (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Averroes is most famous for his commentaries on Aristotle.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Averroes ranks 29 out of 1,267. Before him are John Locke, Arthur Schopenhauer, Montesquieu, Democritus, Seneca the Younger, and Epicurus. After him are Al-Ghazali, Thomas Hobbes, Friedrich Engels, Auguste Comte, Martin Heidegger, and Maria Montessori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1126, Averroes ranks 1. After him are William I of Sicily, John Doukas, Khaqani, Mieszko III the Old, Peter I of Courtenay, Michael the Syrian, Anvari, and Sibylla of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1198, Averroes ranks 1. After him are Pope Celestine III, Constance, Queen of Sicily, Al-Aziz Uthman, William III of Sicily, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Sophia of Minsk, Dulce of Aragon, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, Frederick I, Duke of Austria, and George II of Constantinople.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Averroes ranks 8 out of 3,355. Before him are Salvador Dalí (1904), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), Antoni Gaudí (1852), and Seneca the Younger (-4). After him are Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Hernán Cortés (1485), Pope Alexander VI (1431), Philip II of Spain (1527), and Hadrian (76).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Averroes ranks 2. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4). After him are Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), Ibn Tufail (1110), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Francisco Suárez (1548), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240).

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