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Despite having been regarded for a long time as the first Andalusian philosopher, it can now be seen, thanks to the ideas contributed by some of his works, that Ibn Masarra’s thought tends more toward mysticism and Gnosticism than pure philosophy. Although he does expound philosophical ideas, these owe more to his cultural context than to a rigorous understanding of the implications of Greek philosophy. In fact, in his two surviving works he attacks the philosophers, pointing out that the path of philosophy strays from that leading to the truth.
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Ramón Guerrero, R. (2011). Ibn Masarra, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdallāh. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_226
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