{"product_id":"ibnu-baja-abu-bakr-al-tajibi-d-1139-ad","title":"Ibn Bâjja, Abu Bakr al Tajibi (d. 1139 AD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiography of Ibn Bâjja al Andalusi (d. 1139 AD)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIbn Bâjja (Avempace in latinate form) was the author of the Kitab al-Nabat (\"The Book of Plants\"), a popular work on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Botany\" title=\"Botany\"\u003ebotany\u003c\/a\u003e, which defined the sex of plants. His philosophic ideas had a clear effect on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibn_Rushd\" title=\"Ibn Rushd\"\u003eIbn Rushd\u003c\/a\u003e (Averroes) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albertus_Magnus\" title=\"Albertus Magnus\"\u003eAlbertus Magnus\u003c\/a\u003e. Most of his writings and book were not completed (or well-organized) because of his early death. He had a vast knowledge of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Medicine\" title=\"Medicine\"\u003emedicine\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mathematics\" title=\"Mathematics\"\u003emathematics\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astronomy\" title=\"Astronomy\"\u003eastronomy\u003c\/a\u003e. His main contribution to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_philosophy\" title=\"Islamic philosophy\"\u003eIslamic philosophy\u003c\/a\u003e was his idea on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soul_(spirit)\" title=\"Soul (spirit)\"\u003esoul\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phenomenology_(philosophy)\" title=\"Phenomenology (philosophy)\"\u003ephenomenology\u003c\/a\u003e, which was never completed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvempace was, in his time, not only a prominent figure of philosophy, but also of music and poetry.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avempace#cite_note-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e His \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diwan_(poetry)\" title=\"Diwan (poetry)\"\u003ediwan\u003c\/a\u003e (Arabic: collection of poetry) was rediscovered in 1951.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough many of his works have not survived, his theories on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_astronomy\" title=\"Islamic astronomy\"\u003eastronomy\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Physics\" title=\"Physics\"\u003ephysics\u003c\/a\u003e were preserved by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maimonides\" title=\"Maimonides\"\u003eMaimonides\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Averroes\" title=\"Averroes\"\u003eAverroes\u003c\/a\u003e respectively, which influenced later astronomers and physicists in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Islamic_Golden_Age\" title=\"Islamic Golden Age\"\u003eIslamic civilization\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renaissance\" title=\"Renaissance\"\u003eRenaissance\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Europe\" title=\"Europe\"\u003eEurope\u003c\/a\u003e, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galileo_Galilei\" title=\"Galileo Galilei\"\u003eGalileo Galilei\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avempace#cite_note-3\"\u003e[3]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ibn_Bajja_(crater)\" title=\"Ibn Bajja (crater)\"\u003eIbn Bajja\u003c\/a\u003e crater on the Moon is named in his honor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rashiq, Jamal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":211897548824,"sku":"1200","price":16.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/0065\/products\/nophoto_f7f9d52a-6168-472b-b032-5e530f984f57.png?v=1571276698","url":"https:\/\/www.ketabook.com\/en-me\/products\/ibnu-baja-abu-bakr-al-tajibi-d-1139-ad","provider":"Ketabook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}