A Critical Study of Ibn Rushd's Political Philosophy

By Ahemad Ajaj

Introduction

1.1 Ibn Rushd: A Brief Biographical Note

Abu Walid Mohammad bin Ahmad Ibn Rushd was a towering icon in the field

of Islamic philosophical thought. He was born in a reputed family in 520

H/1126 A.D. in Cordova, in Spain. Abdul Walid Muhammad his grandfather

was chief judge of Cordova under the Almoravid who established himself as

specialist in legal methodology and in the teaching of different schools of law.

His father Abdul Qasim held the same position until the of Almoravids,

which were overthrown by another dynasty and was Almohad dynasty in

1146. Traditionally, he studied the Hadith, Linguistic, Jurisprudence and

Theology. There is a little information the claim that, he studied

medicine under Abu Jafar Ibn Harun of Trujillo, Seville. He studied Law from

Ibn Zuhar, on the initiation and introduction of Ibn Tufail. He studied

philosophy under Ibn Bajja. the available historical records, Ibn Bajja

and Ibn Tufail were his mentors, but the teacher-taught relationship could not

continue for a long of their deep differences on the philosophical

issues and methodology. At the beginning of his career, Ibn Tufayl greatly

helped him to up as an intellectual being. He introduced him to the court

and made known to the people. He was appointed as judge of Seville in the

year 1160. Ibn Rushd wrote on religion, metaphysics and psychology. He

started writing devotedly in the year 1157 at the age of 31 and the topics of his

interest covered Medicine, Mathematics, Astronomy, Islamic Philosophy,

Grammar, Islamic Theology and Islamic Law. He died at the age of 72 on 10

December 1198 soon after his return from Marrakesh to Cordova. He was

buried at Cordova.

Ibn Rushd as Qadi, physician, scientist and philosopher wrote

impressive works in such fields. Renan gives a list of seventy eight books

preserved in Library of the Escorial. These books are written on Philosophy,

• Format: Paperback
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