 These works, which seem to have had little influence on medieval Christian thought, have traditionally been seen as “theological” and contrasted with his supposedly “philosophical” works: the commentaries on Aristotle that circulated throughout medieval and Renaissance Europe in Latin and Hebrew translation. The latter were thought to be demonstrative, and aimed at the elites, whereas the former were said to be merely dialectical, and so aimed at a popular audience. Accordingly Ibn Rushd’s true position supposedly had to be sought in these Aristotelian commentaries.