Averroës Biography
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Córdoba, Spain
1198
Marrakesh, Morocco
Philosopher, jurist, astronomer, and physician
"Philosophy is the friend and milk-sister of religion; thus injuries from people related to philosophy are the severest injuries [to religion] apart from the enmity, hatred and quarrels...which are companions by nature and lovers by essence and instinct."
—Averroës; quoted in Averroës: On the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy.
Known in the West by his Latin name Averroës (pronounced ah-vair-O-ehz), the Spanish Muslim, or Islamic, philosopher known in the East as Ibn Rushd was one of the greatest thinkers of the medieval world. His commentaries on the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.), in which he attempted to balance faith and reason,...
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