Question: in which field lbn rushd earned his fame
Answer: Averroes Ibn Rushd ابن رشد Statue of Ibn Rushd in Córdoba , Spain 1126 Córdoba , Al - Andalus , Almoravid emirate ( in present - day Spain ) 11 December 1198 ( aged 72 years ) Marrakesh , Maghreb , Almohad Caliphate ( in present - day Morocco ) Era Medieval , Islamic Golden Age Region Islamic philosophy School Aristotelianism ( philosophy ) Intellectualism ( theology ) Maliki ( jurisprudence ) Main interests Islamic theology , philosophy , Islamic jurisprudence , medicine , astronomy , physics , linguistics Notable ideas Relation between Islam and philosophy , non-contradiction of reason and revelation , unity of the intellect Influences ( show ) Aristotle , Plato , Al - Farabi , Avicenna , Al - Ghazali , Ibn Bajja Influenced ( show ) Maimonides , Samuel ibn Tibbon , Siger of Brabant , Boethius of Dacia , Thomas Aquinas , John of Jandun , Mars