Ibn Bajjah

Ibn Bajjah ابن باجة Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn al-Sayegh ( Arabic أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصايغ ) was an Andalusian-Arab Muslim philosopher, poet and physician who was known in the West using his Latinized name, Avempace. He was born in Saragossa in what is today Spain and died in Fez in 1138.

His thoughts had a clear effect on Ibn Rushd and Albertus Magnus. Most of his writings and book were not completed (or well organized) because of his early death. He had a vast knowledge of Medicine, Mathematics and Astronomy. His main contribution to Islamic Philosophy is his idea on Soul Phenomenology, but unfortunately not completed.

His beloved expressions were Gharib غريب and Motivahhed متوحد, two approved and popular expressions of Islamic Gnostics.

Ibn Bajjah was also a renowned poet. In his explanation of the Zajal E.G. Gomes writes: "There is some evidence for the belief that it was invented by the famous philosopher and musician known as Avempace. Its chief characteristic being that it is written entirely in the vernacular. ” (Emilio Gracia Gomes in his essay “Moorish Spain")

External links

• Muslim Philosophy on Ibn Bajjah
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Avempace

References

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• "A Biographical Note on Ibn Bajjah (Avempace) and an English Translation of his Annotations to al-Farabi's Isagoge.", M. Ismail Marcinkowski in Iqbal Review (Lahore, Pakistan), vol. 43, no. 2 (April 2002), pp. 83-99.

See also

• List of Arab scientists and scholars

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