Who Was Alive

Were Peter Abelard and Averroes alive at the same time?

Yes. Peter Abelard and Averroes were alive at the same time for 16 years, from 1126 to 1142.

Peter Abelard was 46 or 47 when Averroes was born.

Averroes was 16 when Peter Abelard died, aged 62 or 63.

Peter Abelard

French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician

Born 1079 · died 21 April 1142, aged 62 or 63

Averroes

Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher

Born 14 April 1126 · died 10 December 1198, aged 72

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Al-Ghazali
  3. Peter Abelard
  4. Averroes
  5. Zhu Xi
  6. Saladin
  7. Genghis Khan
  8. Francis of Assisi
Peter Abelard and Averroes in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.