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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Example Sentences

The Jewish element prevailed in its most prosperous phase, and M. Renan in his history of Averroës shows how much of this prosperity and intellectual pre-eminence was due to the Jews.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Among the distinguished contributors to medicine at this time, though more a philosopher than a physician, is the famous Averroës, whose full Arabic name among his contemporaries was Abul-Welid Mohammed Ben Ahmed Ibn Roschd el-Maliki.

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

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 Mabie, Hamilton Wright

One of Manfred's Saracen scholars gave me a book by your Arab philosopher Averroës.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert

Averroës was the last great Muslim thinker, summing up and carrying to its conclusions the thought of four hundred years.

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