Statue of Averroes — Attraction in Córdoba

I think having a statue of Averroes in Córdoba is a great way to honor his legacy and contributions to various fields of knowledge. Averroes was a prominent Islamic philosopher, jurist, physician, and commentator on Aristotle’s works. He was born in Córdoba in 1126 and died in Marrakech in 1198. He was a strong advocate of rationalism and the harmony between religion and philosophy. He influenced many Jewish and Christian thinkers in the medieval and Renaissance periods, such as Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas, and Dante. He is also considered the father of secular thought in...

Monument to the famous medieval Andalusian philosopher Ibn Rushd. A largely forgotten Europe under the Latinized name Averroes. Born into a noble religious family. His grandfather, also named Ibn Rushd, was an influential jurist, judge and imam of the main mosque in Cordoba. Ibn Rushd's father was the chief judge and mufti in the Almoravidian Cordoba. He commented on a number of works by Aristotle. Translations of his works into Latin contributed to the popularization of...

Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد‎; full name Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد ابن احمد ابن رشد‎, translit. Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd; 1126 – 11 December 1198), often Latinized as Averroes (English pronunciation: /əˈvɛroʊiːz/), was a Muslim Andalusian philosopher and thinker who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, Islamic jurisprudence and law,...