Islamic Culture oral presentation.

1. By Eddie Delaney
And
DiNesha Rucker

2. Birthdate and Birthplace
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 April 14, 1126
 Cordoba, Al Andalus

3. Childhood/Early Youth
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 Because of the status of the family that Ibn Rushd
was born into education was very important.
 His family was well known in their area for their legal
and public services.
 His medical education was directed under Abu Jafar
ibn Harun of Trujillo in Seville.
 He later began furthering his career with the help of
Ibn Tufail.

4. Inspiration
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 Ibn Tufail inspired Rushd to write his famous
commentaries on Aristotle. Ibn Rushd writing on
Aristotle resurrected his name and his teaching in the
Muslim culture.

5. Areas of Study
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 Islamic
Theology, Philosophy, Astronomy, Mathematics, and
Medicine.

6. His Rise and Fall
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 Ibn Rashd’s rise and fall were generally the same.
The more famous he got for his radical ideas, the
more people of higher status resented him and what
he stood for.
 Most Notable Idea: Reconciliation of Aristotelianism
with Islam.

7. Famous Works
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 He had a nickname, “Commentator of Aristotle.” These
Commentaries were his most famous works.
 Jami, Talkhis, and Tafsir
 Many disclaiming Islamic theologian, Ghazali.
 The philosophers say: It is impossible that the temporal should
proceed from the absolutely Eternal. For it is clear if we assume
the Eternal existing without, for instance, the world proceeding
from Him, then, at a certain moment, the world beginning to
proceed from Him-that it did not proceed before, because there
was no determining principle for its existence, but its existence was
pure possibility. When the world begins in time, a new determinant
either does or does not arise. If it does not, the world will stay in
the same state of pure possibility as before; if a new determinant
does arise, the same question can be asked about this new
determinant, why it determines now, and not before, and either we
shall have an infinite regress or we shall arrive at a principle
determining eternally. The Incoherence of the Incoherence.
 Decisive Treatise

8. Influence on the Later
Generations

 He gave Aristotle back his name with his
commentaries. Aristotle became important again in
the Islamic culture. Ibn Rushd brought more religious
tolerance to the Islamic faith.

9. Influence during the
European Renaissance

Era
 Ibn Rushd was a philosopher but was also a religious
person. His whole focus was to show people that
there was no problem combining the two, if you did it
properly. The Renaissance Era was an era of
Art, Literature and power being stripped from the
church all ushered in by the teaching and writings of
Ibn Rushd. Ibn Rushd’s writing were the avenue of
the movement that we call the European
Renaissance.

10. Death and Manner of
Death
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 December 10th, 1198
 Ibn Rushd death is unspecified but because of his
old age many think that the cause was simply old
age.
 Place of Death was Marrakech, Morocco