Avempace
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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥya ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (), known simply as Ibn Bajja () or his Latinized name Avempace (; – 1138), was an Arab polymath, whose writings include works regarding astronomy, physics, and music, as well as philosophy, medicine, botany, and poetry.
Avempace (Ibn Bajja) was an Arab scholar from the 12th century who wrote about a wide range of subjects including astronomy, physics, philosophy, medicine, and music. He is important because his diverse intellectual contributions spanned multiple fields of knowledge during the medieval Islamic period.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 1085
- Died
- 1138
- Works
- 35
Top works
- دفاتر مجموعة البحث في الفلسفة الإسلامية
- Die Richtschnur des Einsamen ; Über das Ziel des menschlichen Lebens ; Über die diesseitige und die jenseitige Glückseligkeit
- Irtiyāḍ fī Kitāb al-taḥlīl
- Sharḥ al-samāʻ al-tabīʻī li-Arisṭūṭālīs
- Rasaāʼil Ibn Bājjah al-Ilāhīyah
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 6
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Key facts
- Scientist.name
- Ibn Bajja
- Scientist.native_name
- ابن باجة
- Scientist.native_name_lang
- ar
- Scientist.caption
- An imaginary sketch representing Ibn Bajja, 1961
- Scientist.birth_place
- Saraqusta, Taifa of Zaragoza, Al-Andalus
- Scientist.death_place
- Fes, Almoravid Empire
- Scientist.field
- Astronomer, philosopher, physician, physicist, poet, scientist
- Scientist.nocat_wdimage
- yes
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- Ibn Bājja, Sayr mulhimah min al-Sharq wa-al-Gharb.png
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- date of death
- 1139-00-00
- date of birth
- 1095-00-00
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- Ibn Bajja
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10 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Philosophy
- Astronomy
- Physics
- Botany
- Music
- Tributes
- Notes
- References
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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥya ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (), known simply as Ibn Bajja () or his Latinized name Avempace (; – 1138), was an Arab polymath, whose writings include works regarding astronomy, physics, and music, as well as philosophy, medicine, botany, and poetry.
He was the author of the Kitāb an-Nabāt ("The Book of Plants"), a popular work on botany, which defined the sex of plants. His philosophical theories influenced the work of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and Albertus Magnus. Most of his writings and books were not completed (or well-organized) due to his early death. He had a vast knowledge of medicine, mathematics, and astronomy. His main contribution to Islamic philosophy was his idea on soul phenomenology, which was never completed.