Western Islamic philosophy

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Western Islamic philosophy is the tradition of philosophical thought that developed in the Islamic West—primarily al-Andalus and the Maghreb—blending Aristotelian and Neoplatonic ideas with Islamic theology and influencing later Jewish and Christian philosophy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Andalusian philosophy 1
Western Islamic philosophy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic philosophy ⓘ
philosophical tradition ⓘ
buildsOn Aristotle ⓘ
Ibn Sina ⓘ
linked to: Avicenna

Plotinus (via the Theology of Aristotle) ⓘ
linked to: Plotinus

al-Farabi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Farabi
centralTheme divine knowledge ⓘ
eternity of the world ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
nature of the soul ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
relationship between reason and revelation ⓘ
developedInPeriod 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
geographicalFocus Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
linked to: IslamicTheology

Neoplatonism ⓘ
hasMajorFigure Ibn Bajja ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Bajjah

Ibn Gabirol ⓘ
linked to: Solomon ibn Gabirol

Ibn Hazm ⓘ
Ibn Masarra ⓘ
Ibn Rushd ⓘ
linked to: Averroes

Ibn Sabʿin ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Sabʿīn

Ibn Tufayl ⓘ
Ibn al-Arabi ⓘ
linked to: Ibn Arabi

Maimonides ⓘ
al-Ghazali ⓘ
linked to: al‑Ghazali
hasSubtradition Andalusian Aristotelianism ⓘ
Andalusian Neoplatonism ⓘ
Maghrebi Sufism ⓘ
historicalContext Almohad period ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty

Islamic rule in al-Andalus ⓘ
influenced Christian philosophy ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Latin Averroism ⓘ
linked to: Latin Averroists

Latin scholasticism ⓘ
Renaissance philosophy ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
locatedIn al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus

the Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
partOf Islamic intellectual history ⓘ
linked to: Islamic studies
usesLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin (in translation) ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Ibn Tufayl → movement → Western Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Risāla fī l-wuḥda → philosophicalTradition → Andalusian philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Western Islamic philosophy