CHAPTER VI.. Philosophy in the West.

Philosophy in The West.

1. Beginnings 172–175 1. The Age of the Omayyads 172 2. The Eleventh Century 174

2. Ibn Baddja (Avempace) 175–181 1. The Almoravids 175 2. Ibn Baddja’s Life 176 3. The Character of his Works 177 4. His Logic and Metaphysics 177 5. His Opinions regarding Soul and Spirit 178 6. The Individual Man 179

3. Ibn Tofail (Abubacer) 181–187 1. The Almohads 181 2. Ibn Tofail’s Life 182 3. “Hai ibn Yaqzan” 182 4. “Hai” and the Development of Humanity 184 5. “Hai’s” Ethics 185

4. Ibn Roshd (Averroes) 187–199 1. His Life 187 2. Ibn Roshd and Aristotle 188 3. Logic. Attainability of Truth 189 4. The World and God 191 5. Body and Spirit 193 6. Spirit and Spirits 194 7. Estimate of Ibn Roshd as a Thinker 196 8. Summary of his Views on the Relations of Theology, Religion and Philosophy to one another. Practical Philosophy 197