Medieval & Modern Philosophy · Faith & reason
Avicenna & Averroes
Two giants of Islamic philosophy: Avicenna's floating man, essence and existence, and the Canon of Medicine; Averroes' commentaries on Aristotle, defense of philosophy against al-Ghazali, and influence on Aquinas and Europe.
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Prereqs: Aristotle. Next: Aquinas; Descartes. Sources: Peter Adamson, *Philosophy in the Islamic World* (2016); Avicenna, *The Healing*; Averroes, *The Incoherence of the Incoherence*; Stanford Encyclopedia entries on Ibn Sina and Ibn Rushd.Next: 1. Avicenna (Ibn Sina, 980–1037)