Latin Averroists

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Latin Averroists were a group of medieval European philosophers who adopted and developed the Aristotelian commentaries of Averroes, often advancing controversial views on the nature of the soul, intellect, and the relationship between philosophy and theology.

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Latin Averroism 5
Averroism 4
Latin Averroists canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aristotelian tradition ⓘ
medieval philosophical school ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
scholastic current ⓘ
associatedWith Boethius of Dacia ⓘ
John of Jandun ⓘ
Siger of Brabant ⓘ
University of Paris arts faculty ⓘ
condemnedIn Condemnations of 1270 ⓘ
Condemnations of 1277 ⓘ
coreBelief intellect is numerically one for all humans ⓘ
philosophical conclusions may differ from theological doctrine ⓘ
criticizedFor denial of personal immortality of the soul ⓘ
subordinating theology to philosophy ⓘ
teaching of double truth ⓘ
developedFrom Arabic Aristotelianism ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
doctrineStatus controversial in medieval Church ⓘ
fieldOfWork metaphysics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
influenced Renaissance Aristotelianism ⓘ
early modern debates on reason and faith ⓘ
late medieval scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy Averroes' commentaries on Aristotle ⓘ
University of Paris Aristotelianism ⓘ
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
mainInfluence Aristotle ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
methodologicalApproach commentary on Aristotle ⓘ
rationalist interpretation of scripture ⓘ
notableIdea double truth theory ⓘ
eternity of the world ⓘ
separation of philosophy and theology ⓘ
unity of the intellect ⓘ
opposedBy Bonaventure ⓘ
Latin theologians at the University of Paris ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
philosophicalTradition Latin scholasticism ⓘ
region Western Europe ⓘ
religiousContext Latin Christianity ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
viewOnCosmology world has no temporal beginning according to philosophy ⓘ
viewOnSoul individual human souls share a single separate intellect ⓘ
viewOnTheology theology is based on faith, philosophy on reason ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Averroes → influenced → Latin Averroists ⓘ
Guido Cavalcanti → philosophicalInfluence → Averroism ⓘ
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The Incoherence of the Incoherence → philosophicalSchool → Averroism ⓘ
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Aben Rushd → influenced → Latin Averroists ⓘ
Middle Commentaries on Aristotle → influenced → Latin Averroism ⓘ
linked to: Latin Averroists
Siger of Brabant → movement → Latin Averroism ⓘ
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Siger of Brabant → influenced → Latin Averroists ⓘ
Siger of Brabant → philosophicalSchool → Averroism ⓘ
linked to: Latin Averroists
History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages → discusses → Latin Averroism ⓘ
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Renaissance Aristotelians → influencedBy → Averroism ⓘ
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Renaissance Aristotelians → engagedWith → Renaissance Averroists ⓘ
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Renaissance Aristotelians → relatedTo → Renaissance Averroism ⓘ
linked to: Latin Averroists
Tahafut al-Tahafut → influenced → Latin Averroism ⓘ
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Western Islamic philosophy → influenced → Latin Averroism ⓘ
linked to: Latin Averroists