The Process of Islamic and Avicennian Philosophy in Andalusia and Contemporary Spain

By a careful study of the process of formation of Islamic thought in Islamic world and its entering Andalusia and a look at Toledo’s school of translators and then its propagation in other Western countries and by a study and analysis of the role of each Islamic philosophers and their works we find out that Ibn Sina has been one of the main architects in building the edifice of thought, philosophy and science in the East and West, to the extent that Ibn Sina and Avicennian philosophy can be considered the fountain – head of growth and development of Western philosophical thought in the Middle – Ages.The effective and dynamic role of Islamic thought in Spain by virtue of its eight hundred years of historical identity under the influence of Islamic government in Andalusia made this country in the Middle Ages as a main conveyer of Islamic thought to the West. At the present age too realistic position of Spanish thinkers and scholars in the way they confront the role of Islamic thinkers in philosophy and its influence in scholastic philosophy and then in Renaissance presents the best picture of the place of role of Islamic thought in Western world. The present article intends to explain the process of course and degree of role and influence of Ibn Sina and Avicennian philosophy on Andalusia and contemporary Spain as a passage way for transfer of Islamic philosophy to Western world.