PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- Islamic philosophy in the west (Spain and North Africa) did not develop significantly until the 12th century.
Averroës (Ibn Rushd, 1126-98)
- Averroës was by profession a judge. His major contributions were to defend the independence and superiority of philosophy in relation to theology, and to reduce the neo-Platonizing of Aristotle of his predecessors.