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 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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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
linked to: Latin Averroists
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
linked to: Latin Averroists