Averroist
- a word derived from Averroism.
Example Sentences
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An Averroist philosopher who was present, Antonio Berga, insisted that, as the sea was higher than the land, it could not simply be because water naturally flows downhill.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The one was the Averroist just named, which consisted in the disbelief of immortality on the ground of absorption.
From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey
Padua The school of Padua. became the seat of Averroist Aristotelianism; and, when Padua was conquered by Venice in 1405, the printers of the republic spread abroad the teaching of the professors in the university.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Bruno326 belonged mainly to the Averroist school, though his views were probably formed independently, and certainly extended farther.
From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey
Even a lady of Venice, Cassandra Fedele, in 1480, gained her laurels in defence of Averroist theses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
