 The general character of Ibn Rushd’s philosophy is illuminated by his overarching picture of logic. Most broadly, he understands it as the study of the conditions and rules that rightly guide the mind toward the conception (taṣawwur) of essences and the assent (taṣdīq) to propositions (CompLogic 1.1). Glossing Aristotle’s famous remark that “it is the mark of the educated person” to seek the appropriate level of precision in any inquiry, Ibn Rushd clarifies that the educated person is “one who has been instructed in the art of logic” (ParaEthics I.3, 3C).