OverviewA judge, doctor and philosopher known in Europe as Averroes.CategoryScholarPeriodc. 1126 – 1198 CE
His workHe wrote explanations of Aristotle’s philosophy that reached readers beyond the Muslim world. His name in Latin became Averroes.Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Ibn Rushd
A different sideBidayat al-Mujtahid compares scholars’ reasons for different religious rules. He worked as both a judge and a physician, not only as a philosopher.Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Ibn Rushd
SourcesOriginal summaries of the cited sources. Qur’anic accounts, later traditions and historical estimates are distinguished; brief profiles do not settle scholarly disagreements.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Ibn Rushd
