The figure of the philosopher Averroes (Cordoba, 1126-Marrakesh, 1198) will be the protagonist of the cultural life of Córdoba throughout the next year 2026, when nine centuries will have passed since its birth. The University of Cordoba, the The town hallTHE … The Provincial Council, the Council and the Arab House met to develop a vast program over the months.
It will revolve around quotes from characters scientistfor major specialists, and others of a more informative nature, but always focused on the task of making known the work of an intellectual who carried the thought of Aristotle to the west, and that despite its flight, Cordoba had a lot of influence in the following centuries.
As the Vice Rector of Culture of the University of Cordoba explained, Israel Munozone of the highlights will be a major international conference, attended by twenty of the best Averroesian researchers from around the world. Thus, speakers will come from all continents to talk about their contribution.
This will be the event during which light will be shed on the latest discoveries and the meaning of his figure is established. The event will be held between April 27 and 29 at Casa Arabe and then all its content will be part of a publication that will disseminate all the knowledge.
Very different facets will be addressed, such as the relationship to scholastic thought, contemporary with him, and which developed Saint Thomas Aquinas. Both are crucial in medieval Europe.
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This will be the most important moment, but there will also be a series of conferences like “The Journey of know’which will take place at the Rectorate of the University of Cordoba and will have a more informative character, for a wide audience. It will be carried out by a large research group from UCO.
The Salle Orive will host another cycle of conferences, which will be entitled “The word lit‘, and which will also discuss the way in which he approached writing.
The exhibition ‘Univers Averroès. daily life in Cordoba in the 12th century. It will contain important pieces, such as those offered by the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba, but also copies of the manuscripts of Averroes which are part of the Royal Collection of the Library of the Escorial Monastery.
It will be held between March and May at the Palacio de la Merced, headquarters of the Deputation Provincial of Córdoba, and will also incorporate funds from the University of Córdoba itself, such as a treatise on medicine of which only two original copies remain. That of Córdoba is the most complete, as indicated by the University of Córdoba.
Two other exhibitions will be organized throughout the year, which will address different facets of his work, such as his mission to philosopher and writer He also acted as a physician and judge and was a figure who encompassed many areas of knowledge.
Copies of Escorial manuscripts and one of the two originals of a medical treatise by Averroes will arrive at the exhibition.
This is why there will be one on his role as a thinker and another on his role as a thinker. doctorfor his contributions to this science, where he was one of the most eminent in a city, Córdoba, which was at its time the most advanced in the West.
The Avoerres Year will also include purely cultural cycles, such as concerts “From harmony to reason. Echoes of Averroes in Cordoba’, which will take place in Orive in the second half of February.
The programming prepared by the institutions will culminate with a documentary on the figure of the Cordovan thinker, which will serve to make his work known in a format offering numerous dissemination possibilities.
The mayor of Cordoba, Jose Maria Bellido; the rector, Manuel Torralbo; the president of the Provincial Council, Salvador Fuentes; The director of Casa Arabe, José Luis Moro, and the delegate of the Government of the Junta, Adolfo Molina, praised in the presentation the union between the institutions and the transcendental figure of Averroes, who managed to cross the centuries despite having been persecuted during his life.
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