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Philosophy. Ibn Bajja, also known as Avempace, was an important Islamic philosopher, among his many other trades. In his time, he was seen as a controversial figure, receiving criticism from his peers like Ibn Tufayl. However, he was also respected by his peers and even his critics.
Sep 28, 2007 · But philosophy in its proper sense is first found in Shelomo Ibn Gabirol or Avicebron (1021–1058). The great figure of Medieval Judaism who was born in Malaga, but was active in Saragossa for most of his life, before moving to Granada and then to Valencia, where he died, was also a talented philosopher.
Avempace (born c. 1095, Zaragoza, Spain—died 1138/39, Fès, Morocco) was the earliest known representative in Spain of the Arabic Aristotelian–Neoplatonic philosophical tradition (see Arabic philosophy) and forerunner of the polymath scholar Ibn Ṭufayl and of the philosopher Averroës.
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A biography and overview of the works of Ibn Bājja, a prominent philosopher in the Muslim West who influenced Averroes. Learn about his life, his commentaries on Aristotle, his ethics and political philosophy, and his musical poems.
- Marc Geoffroy
According to Ibn Khaqan, Avempace “investigated the celestial bodies, the boundaries of the earth climates and rejected the Book of Allah”. He did not believe in the resurrection, affirmed the eternity of time, and that man is a plant; he had fun playing music.
Sep 28, 2007 · Abû Bakr Muḥammad Ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣâ’igh at-Tûjîbî Ibn Bâjja was known to the Latin philosophers as Avempace.
Jul 26, 2017 · Abû Bakr Muhammad Ibn al-Saʾigh Ibn Bâjjah was known as Avempace by the medieval Latin philosophers. He was born in Zaragoza around 1080, died in Fez in 1139 CE , and had a chequered life, he lived first in Zaragoza under the rule of the Banu Hud, an Arab family, that was toppled by the Almoravid dynasty.
