Ibn Rushd (Averroes) · Philosophy
The two doctrines that made Averroes notorious - that the world is eternal, and that God does not know particulars the way we do. This lesson separates what Averroes actually argued (a subtle, careful position) from the caricature for which he was condemned as an enemy of faith.
You learned that Averroes held the world to be eternal yet caused by God, argued the quarrel with the theologians over creation was largely about naming, and said God’s knowledge is neither universal nor particular but a divine mode that causes things instead of being caused by them - and that he rejected Avicen…
Leads to Avicenna.
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