# The Liberal Ideas of Ibn Rushd

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/portraits-of-liberty/the-liberal-ideas-of-ibn-rushd>

**By** Mustafa Akyol, Paul Meany

**Published:** June 3, 2021

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The 12th-century Muslim polymath Ibn Rushd is a forgotten advocate of surprisingly liberal principles.

## Summary:

Mustafa Akyol joins Portraits of Liberty to discuss the life and thought of the famous Andalusian polymath Ibn Rushd. Born during what is called the Golden Age of Islam, Ibn Rushd was one of the earliest thinkers in the Middle East to articulate what would later become the core values of liberalism. His influence stretched into the western world, where his translations of Aristotle caused an intellectual renaissance.