Truth does not contradict truth; rather it accords with it and bears witness to it.
إن الحق لا يضاد الحق بل يوافقه ويشهد له
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Averroes
Born in 12th-century Cordoba in Andalusia, Ibn Rushd (Averroes) was a philosopher, jurist, and physician. He composed commentaries on the complete works of Aristotle, earning the title 'the Commentator' in the Latin West. His Incoherence of the Incoherence refuted the theologian al-Ghazali's attack on philosophy, systematically defending the compatibility of reason and faith. His thought decisively influenced Thomas Aquinas and Scholasticism, serving as an intellectual bridge between East and West.
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Averroes's Other Quotes
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.
The study of the books of the ancients is obligatory under religious law.
Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect.
The divine law commands rational consideration of existing things and reflection upon them.
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