Philosopher · High and Late Middle Ages · Spain
Averroes
1126–1198
Cordoban philosopher, judge, and physician whose line by line commentaries on Aristotle earned him the Latin name the Commentator. He argued that philosophy and revelation agree. He lived 1126 to 1198 and ended his life in disfavor.
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- Born
- 1126, Cordoba, Spain.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Averroës
- Died
- 1198, Marrakesh, Morocco.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Averroës
- School
- Islamic Aristotelianism, against the theologians.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Averroës
- Known for
- The great commentaries on Aristotle and The Incoherence of the Incoherence, his reply to Al Ghazali defending philosophy.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Averroës
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