Jorge Luis Borges - Averröes’ Search - The Conversation With Abu-Al-Hasan - Sadler' Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Averröes’ Search" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It focuses on a fictional characterization of the Islamic philosopher Ibn-Rushd, also known as Averroes in the Latin West, who's work on his commentary on Aristotle is interrupted by a dinner and conversation with the traveller Abu Al Hasan, who has reputedly ventured as far as China. He recounts having seen what we recognize as a play, which makes little sense to him or his muslim interlocutors To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Get Borges' Collected Fictions here - amzn.to/3xZnwHA