Averroes

Averroës

Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn

Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Ibn Rušd

"Written by Averroes at the request of the Caliph Abu Ya qub Yusuf, the Middle Commentary on De anima represents what is arguably Averroes' most sophisticated and politically discreet treatment of a particularly perplexing Aristotelian text. As Alfred Ivry's scholarly notes make clear, there is strong internal evidence to suggest that the Middle Commentary on De anima was actually composed (though not necessarily published) after the Long Commentary.

Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn

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