Averroès (Ibn Rushd)
Truth cannot contradict truth: philosophy and faith agree.
The Generalities of Medicine (Kitab al-Kulliyyat fi al-tibb)
A medical handbook, translated into Latin as the Colliget. Not in our corpus.
Commentaries on Aristotle (epitomes, middle and long commentaries) essential
His largest body of work, on almost all of Aristotle's books. Many survive only in Hebrew or Latin translation. His thesis of the single intellect is found there. Not yet in our corpus.
The Distinguished Jurist's Primer (Bidayat al-mujtahid)
A major treatise of comparative Islamic law, still studied. Not in our corpus.
The Decisive Treatise (Fasl al-maqal) essential
A judge's opinion: does the religious Law make the study of philosophy obligatory? Short and clear. We quote the Arabic, Léon Gauthier's French translation (1905, unproofread scan) and Hourani's English one (1961). Paragraph numbers are ours.
Exposition of the Methods of Proof (al-Kashf 'an manahij al-adilla) essential
Which proofs does the Qur'an itself give to all believers? Against the Ash'arite theologians. We only have the Arabic for the passage on the proofs of God's existence; elsewhere, Rehman's English translation (1921), free and sometimes faulty.
The Incoherence of the Incoherence (Tahafut al-tahafut) essential
His point-by-point reply to al-Ghazali's Incoherence of the Philosophers. He quotes al-Ghazali's text, then answers ("I say"). We quote the Arabic (Bouyges' edition) and Van den Bergh's English translation (1954).