Explore Rushd through 10+ example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Using Rushd
- In the example corpus, rushd often appears in combinations such as: ibn rushd, rushd is, rushd was.
Context around Rushd
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rushd
- In this selection, "rushd" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ibn, wrote, argued and devoted stand out and add context to how "rushd" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1160 ibn rushd was made and ibn rushd also appears. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rushd" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rushd
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ibn Rushd devoted the next 30 years to his philosophical writings. (11 words)
Ibn Rushd, following Plato's paternalistic model, advances an authoritarian ideal. (11 words)
Ibn Rushd is also a highly regarded legal scholar of the Maliki school. (13 words)
Ibn Rushd's rebuttal was two-pronged: he contended both that al-Ghazali's arguments were mistaken and that, in any case, the system of Avicenna was a distortion of genuine Aristotelianism so that al-Ghazali was aiming at the wrong target. (42 words)
Ibn Rushd's work on Aristotle spans almost three decades, and he wrote commentaries on almost all of Aristotle's work except for Aristotle's Politics, to which he did not have access. (33 words)
It was to some degree through the Latin translations of Ibn Rushd's work beginning in the thirteenth century, that the legacy of Aristotle was recovered in the Latin West. (30 words)
Example sentences (13)
Criticizing al-Farabi 's attempt to merge Plato and Aristotle's ideas, Ibn Rushd argued that Aristotle's philosophy diverged in significant ways from Plato's.
Ibn Rushd also appears as a character in Rushdie's novel, " Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights ".
Ibn Rushd devoted the next 30 years to his philosophical writings.
Ibn Rushd, following Plato's paternalistic model, advances an authoritarian ideal.
Ibn Rushd is also a highly regarded legal scholar of the Maliki school.
Ibn Rushd's rebuttal was two-pronged: he contended both that al-Ghazali's arguments were mistaken and that, in any case, the system of Avicenna was a distortion of genuine Aristotelianism so that al-Ghazali was aiming at the wrong target.
Ibn Rushd's work on Aristotle spans almost three decades, and he wrote commentaries on almost all of Aristotle's work except for Aristotle's Politics, to which he did not have access.
Ibn Rushd was not allowed to return to Marrakesh until 1197, shortly before his death in the year 1198 AD.
Ibn Rushd wrote commentaries on most of the surviving works of Aristotle working from Arabic translations.
Ibn Rushd wrote short commentaries on Aristotle's work in logic, physics, and psychology.
In 1160, Ibn Rushd was made Qadi (judge) of Seville and he served in many court appointments in Seville, Cordoba, and Morocco during his career.
It was to some degree through the Latin translations of Ibn Rushd's work beginning in the thirteenth century, that the legacy of Aristotle was recovered in the Latin West.
Jurisprudence and law Ibn Rushd is also a highly regarded legal scholar of the Maliki school.
Common combinations with rushd
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ibn rushd 10×
- rushd is 2×
- rushd was 2×
- rushd wrote 2×