Averroës

American  

[uh-ver-oh-eez] / əˈvɛr oʊˌiz /

Or Averrhoës

noun

1. 1126?–98, Arab philosopher in Spain.

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Averroës British  

/ əˈvɛrəʊˌiːz /

noun

1. Arabic name ibn-Rushd. 1126–88, Arab philosopher and physician in Spain, noted particularly for his attempts to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Islamic religion, which profoundly influenced Christian scholasticism

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Averroës

Altogether there are some thirty-three works of Averroës on philosophy and science.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh

Thus Averroës may fairly be said to have had a share in every movement toward freedom, wise and unwise, for the last seven hundred years.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie

Reason, however, gradually became an independent power: orthodoxy did not reject reason when it coincided with tradition, but under the influence of Aristotelianism, especially as developed by Averroës, reason became a power opposed to faith.

From Christianity and Islam by C.H. Becker

He was the teacher of Averroës, who always speaks of him with great respect.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh

Thus was introduced the second or palmy period of Christian Scholasticism, whose chief industry, we may fairly say, was directed to the refutation of the two leading doctrines of Averroës.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie