Interpreting Averroes Critical Essays

Engages with all aspects of Averroes' philosophy, from his thinking on Aristotle to his influence on Islamic law.

About the author

Peter Adamson is Professor of Late Ancient and Arabic Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He has published numerous volumes including The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy (Cambridge, 2004) and Interpreting Avicenna: Critical Essays (Cambridge, 2013).Matteo Di Giovanni is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Providence College, Rhode Island. Among his publications are various studies on Andalusian philosophy and the Syro-Arabic tradition of Greek Aristotelianism, and a monograph on Averroes entitled Averroè (2017).

Summary

Brings together world-leading scholars on Averroes, most famous as a commentator on Aristotle but also a major figure in Islamic law. Engages with all aspects of his philosophy from multiple perspectives and treats him in the context of twelfth-century Islamic Spain as well as of Christian and Jewish philosophical traditions.

Product details

• Assisted by: Matteo (Providence College Di Giovanni (Editor), Matteo Di Giovanni (Editor), Peter (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Adamson (Editor), Peter Adamson (Editor)
• Authors: EDITED BY PETER ADAM, Peter (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Mun Adamson, Peter Adamson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.03.2019
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs
• EAN: 9781107114883
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11488-3
• Dimensions (packing): 16 x 23.5 x 2 cm
• Subjects: Islam; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval; Islamic & Arabic philosophy; Islamic and Arab philosophy