Averroes

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Averroes (1126 - 1198) was a Spanish-Arab philosopher and physician. (His name is also seen as Averro�s or Averrho�s. In Arabic, it is Abu Al-Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd or just Ibn Rushd.) He was born in Cordoba, Spain.

He wrote commentaries on Aristotle and a medical encyclopedia. Jacob Anatoli translated his works from Arabic to Hebrew in the 1200s. His writings influenced Christian thought in the Middle Ages.

External Links:

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Averroes
• Islamic Philosophy Online: Averroes [[fr:Averro�s]]

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Averroes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averroes, used under the GNU Free Documentation License