Philosophy

الفلسفة

Philosophy in Islamic civilisation; Ibn Bajja was counted among the philosophers of Islam, and Ibn Rushd devoted himself to Aristotle, translating him into Arabic and writing some fifty works 1.

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Philosophy in Islamic civilisation. The data here present two examples from Zirikli's al-A'lam: Ibn Bajja and Ibn Rushd. 2

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Zirikli mentions Ibn Bajja among the philosophers of Islam, and as one ascribed to the school of the sages. 3

Ibn Rushd devoted himself to the words of Aristotle, translated him into Arabic, and wrote about fifty books on him. 4

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Tahafut al-Falasifa

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Tahafut al-Tahafut· Tahafut al-Falasifa

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  1. al-Alam — al-Zirikli , p. 849
  2. al-Alam — al-Zirikli
  3. al-Alam — al-Zirikli , p.868
  4. al-Alam — al-Zirikli , p.849
  • From Greek Philosophy to Modern Philosophy — Sulayman Sulayman Khamis
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islam.museum contributors. “Philosophy”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/falsafa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Tahafut al-Tahafut

Ibn Rushd's printed refutation of al-Ghazali's Tahafut, one of the fifty or so works he composed.