Glossary — Ibn Rushd

Cordoba
his Andalusi city, where he judged and wrote in the late era
the Commentator
the title Europe gave him for his commentaries on Aristotle
Aristotle
the Greek philosopher he commented on, book after book, until he became his greatest commentator
the Decisive Treatise
his famous treatise on the relation between revelation and wisdom
the Incoherence of the Incoherence
the book in which he answered al-Ghazali in philosophy's defence
al-Ghazali
the imam he debated on the question of the world and knowledge
the Almohads
the Moroccan dynasty he served as qadi and then chief judge
Lucena
the town of his birth before he moved to Cordoba
Marrakesh
the Moroccan city he died in during exile, before his body was carried to Cordoba
Averroes
his Latin name in the books of medieval Europe — the Commentator
1198
the year of his death in Marrakesh, before his remains came home
the judge
his office in Cordoba — the highest of the judges

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