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1. Averroes
   (1126-1198) or (properly) Ibn Roshd. One of the two greatest Arab Scholars of the Middle Ages. The Arand had the quaint custom of choosing the most learned men for high political positions and he was Governor of Seville for 20 years, when the Moorish fanatics got him imprisoned. The pious Spaniards ...
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2. Averroës
   (1126-1198) Arabian philosopher who argued for the eternity of matter and against the immortality of the individual soul. His philosophical writings, including commentaries on Aristotle and on Plato's Republic,...
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3. Averroes
   ibn-Roshd noun Arabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)
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4. Averroës
   influential Islamic religious philosopher who integrated Islamic traditions with ancient Greek thought. At the request of the Almohad caliph Abu ... [16 related articles]
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5. Averroës
   Averroës (uver'ōēz) , Arabic Ibn Rushd, 1126–98, Spanish-Arab philosopher. He was far more important and influential in Jewish and Christian thought than in Islam. He was a lawyer and physician of Córdoba and lived for some time in Morocco in favor with the caliphs. H...
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6. Averroes
   (Mohammed ibn Roshd) Known to the Scholastics as The Commentator, and mentioned as the author of il gran commento by Dante (Inf. IV. 68) he was born 1126 at Cordova (Spain), studied theology, law, medicine, mathematics, and philosophy, became after having been judge in Sevilla and Cordova, physician...
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7. Averroes
   Averroes was an Arabian philosopher. He was born probably between 1120 and 1149 at Cordova, in Spain and died sometime betrween 1198 and 1225. His ability procured him the succession to his father's office of chief magistrate, and the King of Morocco appointed him at the same time cadi in the provin...
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8. Averroës
   Arabian philosopher who argued for the eternity of matter and against the immortality of the individual soul. His philosophical writings, including commentaries on Aristotle and on Plato's Republic, became known to the West through Latin translations. He influenced Christian and Jewish writers into the Renaissance, and reconc...
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9. Averroes
   `` (), better known just as `Ibn Rushd` (), and in European literature as `Averroes` (; 1126 – December 10, 1198), was a Muslim polymath; a master of Aristotelian philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Islamic theology, Maliki law and jurisprudence, logic, psychology, politics, Arabic music theory, ...
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