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

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

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 Walsh, James Joseph

They are Albucasis or Abulcasis, the surgeon; Avenzoar, the physician, and Averroës, the philosophic theorist in medicine.

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

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

Averroës was accordingly deprived of his honors, and banished to Lacena, a Jewish settlement near Cordova--a fact which gives coloring to the belief that he was of Jewish descent.

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