Major Works

• Commentary on Plato’s Republic

  - Averroes, Commentary on Plato's Republic, trans. Ralph Lerner, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.    
  Averroes’ major statement on Platonic philosophy. From a review: “Because of the importance of Averroes (as a Muslim he is significant for both Platonic and Islamic thought), it is good to have Lerner’s new and thoughtful interpretation,… More

Commentary

• Averroes on the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy: A translation with introduction and notes

  - Averroes, Averroes on the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy: A translation with introduction and notes, trans. Hourani, George F. E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series. New Series 21, London: Luzac, 1961.
  An excellent introduction to Averroes by George Hourani

• “Revised Plan for the Publication of a Corpus Commentariorum Averrois in Aristotelem”

  - Wolfson, Harry A. "Revised Plan for the Publication of a Corpus Commentariorum Averrois in Aristotelem." Speculum 38 (1963): 88–104.

• “New Light on the Political Philosophy of Averroës”

  - Butterworth, Charles. "New Light on the Political Philosophy of Averroës." Essays on Islamic Philosophy and Science, ed. George F. Hourani, Albany: StateUniversity of New York Press, 1975, pp. 118–127.

• “Averroes on Good and Evil”

  - Hourani, George F. "Averroes on Good and Evil." Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics, Cambridge University Press: New York, 1985, pp. 249-269.

• “The Ideal State of the Philosophers and Prophetic Laws”

  - Berman, Lawrence V. "The Ideal State of the Philosophers and Prophetic Laws." A Straight Path. Studies in Medieval Philosophy and Culture. Essays in Honor of Arthur Hyman, ed. Ruth Link-Salinger. Washington: CatholicUniversity of America Press, 1988, pp. 10-22.

• “The Devolution of the Perfect State: Plato, Ibn Rushd, and Ibn Khaldun”

  - Fakhry, Majid. "The Devolution of the Perfect State: Plato, Ibn Rushd, and Ibn Khaldun." Arab Civilization. Challenge and Response. Studies in Honor of Constantine K. Zurayk, ed. G. N. Atiyeh, Ibrahim M. Oweiss, Albany: SUNY, 1988, pp. 88-97.

• “The Political Teaching of Averroes”

  - Butterworth, Charles. "The Political Teaching of Averroes." Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 2 (1992): 187-202.

• The Political Aspects of Islamic Philosophy

  - Butterworth, Charles E. The Political Aspects of Islamic Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Muhsin S. Mahdi. ed. E. Butterworth. Cambridge: Harvard, 1992.

• What is Political Averroism?

  - Butterworth, Charles, “What is Political Averroism?” Averroismus im Mittelalter und in der Renaissance, ed. Friedrich Niewöhner and Loris Sturlese. Zürich: Spur Verlag, 1994, pp. 239–250.

• “The Introduction to Ibn Rushd’s Bidayat al-Mujtahid”

  - Dutton, Yasin. "The Introduction to Ibn Rushd's Bidayat al-Mujtahid." Islamic Law and Society 1 (1994): 188-205.
  An  annotated translation of the Introduction to Bidaya al-Mujtahid.

• “Averroes. The Commentator and the Commentators”

  - Druart, Thérèse-Anne. "Averroes. The Commentator and the Commentators." Aristotle in Late Antiquity, ed. P. Schrenk. Washington: Catholic University of America, 1994, pp. 184-202.
   

• “Averroës on the Harmony of Philosophy and Religion”

  - Druart, Thérèse-Anne. "Averroës on the Harmony of Philosophy and Religion." Averroës and the Enlightenment. [First Special International Philos. Conf. on Ibn Rushd (Averroës) and the Enlightenment (Cairo 1996), Fifth Afro-Asian Philos. Conf. organized by the Afro-Asian Philos. Assoc., and Five Dialogues on Averroës and his Influence: Remembering G. Hourani], ed. Mourad Wahba, Boutros Boutros-Ghali.  New York:Prometheus, 1996, pp. 253-262.
  From the Publisher: “This book offers a rare opportunity to learn about the contemporary Arab world and its efforts to dialogue with the West.”

• “The Philosopher and the Understanding of the Law”

  - Gracia, Jorge J. E. "The Philosopher and the Understanding of the Law." Averroës and the Enlightenment. [First Special International Philos. Conf. on Ibn Rushd and the Enlightenment (Cairo 1996), Fifth Afro-Asian Philos. Conf. organized by the Afro-Asian Philos. Assoc., and Five Dialogues on Averroës and his Influence], ed. Mourad Wahba, Mona Abousenna. Amherst: Prometheus, 1996,  pp. 243-251.

• “Averroës and Inquiry. The Need for an Enlightened Community”

  - Madigan, Timothy J. "Averroës and Inquiry. The Need for an Enlightened Community." Averroës and the Enlightenment. [First Special International Philos. Conf. on Ibn Rushd (Averroës) and the Enlightenment (Cairo 1996), Fifth Afro-Asian Philos. Conf. organized by the Afro-Asian Philos. Assoc., and Five Dialogues on Averroës and his Influence, ed. Mourad Wahba, Mona Abousenna. Amherst: Prometheus, 1996, pp. 69-77.

• “On Ibn Rushd, Philosophy and the Arab World”

  - Mahdi, Muhsin. "On Ibn Rushd, Philosophy and the Arab World." Alif 16 (1996): 255-258.
  An interview with Muhsin Mahdi.

• “A Comparison Between Khumaini’s Government of the Jurist and The Commentary on Plato’s Republic of Ibn Rushd”

  - Martin, V. "A Comparison Between Khumaini's Government of the Jurist and The Commentary on Plato's Republic of Ibn Rushd."  Journal of Islamic Studies 7 (1996): 16-31.

• “The Politics of Logic”

  - Wahba, Murad . "The Politics of Logic." Averroës and the Enlightenment. [First Special International Philos. Conf. on Ibn Rushd (Averroës) and the Enlightenment (Cairo 1996), Fifth Afro-Asian Philos. Conf. organized by the Afro-Asian Philos. Assoc., and Five Dialogues on Averroës and his Influe. (Edd.) Mourad Wahba, Boutros Boutros-Ghali Amherst, New York, 1996. 99-104.

• “The Legal Policies of the Almohad Caliphs and Ibn Rushd’s Bidâyat al-Mujtahid”

  - Fierro, Maribel. "The Legal Policies of the Almohad Caliphs and Ibn Rushd's Bidâyat al-Mujtahid." Journal of Islamic Studies 10 (1999): 226-248.  

• The Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy

  - The Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy. Proceedings of the Bar-Ilan University Conference, ed. S. Harvey, Dordrecht: Springer, 2000.

• “Averroes and the Opinions Common to All Philosophical Investigations Or What No One Can Ignore”

  - Butterworth, Charles E. "Averroes and the Opinions Common to All Philosophical Investigations Or What No One Can Ignore." Averroes and the Aristotelian Heritage, ed. Carmela Baffioni. Naples, 2004, pp. 11-21.

• “‘If God will grant me life’. Averroes the philosopher: studies on the history of his development”

  - Endress, Gerhard. "'If God will grant me life'. Averroes the philosopher: studies on the history of his development." Documenti e studi sulla tradizione filosofica medievale 15 (2004): 227-254.

• “Averroes on Aristotle”

  - Ivry, Alfred. "Averroes on Aristotle." Uses and Abuses of the Classics. Western Interpretations of Greek Philosophy. ed. E. Gracia, Jiyuan Yu, Ashgate: , 2004, pp. 125-136.

• “Averroes and Maimonides in Defense of Philosophizing”

  - Lerner, Ralph. "Averroes and Maimonides in Defense of Philosophizing." The Trias of Maimonides. Jewish, Arabic and Ancient Culture of Knowledge, ed. Georges Tamer Berlin: De Gruyter, 2005. pp. 223-237.

• “Averroes on Law and Political Well-Being”

  - Butterworth, Charles E. "Averroes on Law and Political Well-Being." Averroes et les Averroïsmes juif et latin (Proceedings of the International Symposium, Paris, 16-18 June 2005), ed. J.B. Brenet Louvain-la-Neuve, 2007, pp. 183-192.

• “The Philosopher as Legislator”

  - Lerner, Ralph. "The Philosopher as Legislator." Adaptations and Innovations. Studies on the Interaction between Jewish and Islamic Thought and Literature from the Early Middle Ages to the Late Twentieth Century, Dedicated to Professor Joel L. Kraemer, ed. Y. Tzvi Langermann, Josef Stern. Paris: Louvain, 2007, pp. 269-283.

• “Averroes’ Understanding of the Philosopher’s Role in Society”

  - Ivry, Alfred L. "Averroes' Understanding of the Philosopher's Role in Society." Islamic Thought in the Middle Ages. Studies in Text, Transmission and Translation, in Honour of Hans Daiber, ed. Anna Akasoy, Wim Raven Leiden, Brill: Boston, 2008, pp. 113-122.

• Some Considerations on Averroes’ Views regarding Women and their Role in Society

  - Belo,Catarina. "Some Considerations on Averroes’ Views regarding Women and their Role in Society." Journal of Islamic Studies 20 (2009): 1-20.

• “Elia Del Medigo, Averroes, and Averroism”

  - Motzkin, Aryeh Leo. "Elia Del Medigo, Averroes, and Averroism." A. L. Motzkin, Philosophy and the Jewish Tradition, ed. Y. Halper, Leiden: Brill Press, 2012, pp. 51-62.