
HoP 149 - Back to Basics - Averroes on Reason and Religion
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Averuis's Argument for Systematic Demonstrative Insight
Averuis wrote a paraphrase of Plato's Republic since he couldn't get his hands on Aristotle's politics. He didn't believe that it was crucial for everyone to achieve philosophical insight. After long and careful reflection, Averuis came to the view that all of humankind shares one single intellect. Why would he say such a thing, and what could he possibly have meant by it? We're in the midst of discussing AverUis, who, along with Avocenna, is the figure from the Islamic world who exerted the greatest influence on Latin Christendom. So I thought this would be a good time to explore the process by which Arabic philosophical works were translated into
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