House of Wisdom: Baghdad's Intellectual Powerhouse licensed by 1001 Inventions
Built in the 8th Century. Destroyed by the Mongols in 1258.
- Religious freedom, while still being governed by Islamic values, helped attract intellectuals across different cultures
- Scholars worked together to translate texts, most from Greek, to Arabic
- Languages read and spoken included Arabic, Farsi, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Greek and Latin
The Use of Paper
Paper usage spread from China to Muslim areas in the 8th century
- The keeping of records enabled scholars to share knowledge
Al-Ghazali by Hakan Arslanbenzer licensed by Raillife
Al-Ghazali- A Philosopher Against Philosophy / (1058-1111)
- Author of "The Incoherence of Philosophy" (11th-Century)
- Augured that philosophy was lacking the foundation of Islam
- Believed that nothing could be know apart from God and Islam
- This logic was victorious as there was not a scholar of his caliber at the time to oppose him
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Ibn Rushd (Averroes) / (1126-1198)
- Philosophy and Religion are not incompatible
- Sought to highlight the harmony between them
- Wrote The Incoherence of the Philosophers in response to Al-Ghazali
- Sought to highlight the harmony between them
- Argued that philosophers do not deny God knowledge of the particulars
- Founder of the Averroism school of philosophy
- Deeply rooted in the translating the teachings of Aristotle
- His influence was mainly among Jews and Christians, outside of Muslim disciples,