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The Ash'arite theologian Al-Ghazali (1058-1111), by contrast, represents Islamic reaction to Aristotle. Ghazali bitterly denounced Aristotle, Socrates and other Greek writers as non-believers and labelled those who employed their methods and ideas as corrupters of the Islamic faith. | The Ash'arite theologian Al-Ghazali (1058-1111), by contrast, represents Islamic reaction to Aristotle. Ghazali bitterly denounced Aristotle, Socrates and other Greek writers as non-believers and labelled those who employed their methods and ideas as corrupters of the Islamic faith. | ||
Islamic Aristotelianism reached its height with Ibn Rushd, known to | Islamic Aristotelianism reached its height with [[Ibn Rushd - Averroes|Ibn Rushd]], known to [[Europe]] as Averroes. Ibn Rushd argued against Ghazali's criticisms of Aristotelianism, although he is best known in the West for his commentaries on Aristotle. Hebrew translations of his work also had a lasting impact on Jewish philosophy. Averroes' school of thought is known as ''Averroism'', which only survived in Latin West after Ibn Rushd's work was condemned and then ignored in the Islamic world. | ||
[[Arab Transmission of the Classics|Transmission of the classics]] from the East to the West began from the 11<sup>th</sup> century | [[Arab Transmission of the Classics|Transmission of the classics]] from the East to the West began from the 11<sup>th</sup> century onward, culminating in the thirteenth century. These works had great influence on the development of Medieval Scholasticism.<ref>Scholasticism is a style of philosophy that arose in the Latin West in the middle ages (10<sup>th</sup> century to 15<sup>th</sup> century. The defining characteristics of scholasticism are: the project of reconciling Christian faith with classical philosophy, particularly the philosophy of Aristotle; a particular style of teaching and writing; a system arranged round certain books, such as the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Aristotle's logical works, the works of Augustine; focus on a characteristic set of questions, the most famous being the problem of universals.</ref> | ||
==Reaction and Decline== | ==Reaction and Decline== | ||