Averroes

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• Averroes was a prominent philosopher who greatly influenced medieval European thought.

• Medieval theologians had to deal with their own complex biblical tradition, the Sic et Non of the Patristics, and the subtlety of Averroes and Maimonides.

  Academic text (1999)

• Their first explanation is based on Averroes' doctrine of two subjects.

  Academic text (2017)

• A few might refer to the Arab Averroes or the Persian Avicenna in passing.

  Academic text (2018)

• Averroes believes that this theory explains why we can think about the same thing without positing Platonic forms.

  Academic text (2017)

• For even Averroes can acknowledge that the possible intellect is a power of the intellective soul, provided that the soul is a completely separate substance.

  Academic text (2017)

• Although Dante sided with Aquinas, nevertheless, he did not place Averroes in Hell.

  Academic text (2018)

• Averroes' idea turns out to be similar to Aquinas's argument concerning the individuality of intelligible species.

  Academic text (2017)

• Aquinas introduced Aristotle to the Middle Ages, but so also did Averroes, and the ensuing conflict between the Christian and the Islamic interpretations of Greek thought was to dominate centuries of theological speculation.

  Academic text (1993)

• The film presents an impressionistic outlook on the struggle against fundamentalism through the subject consciousness of famed Arab philosopher Ibn Rushd (Averroes).

  Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

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Ibn-Roshd

vsAverroes

9.9

A Muslim thinker from Spain who explained Aristotle to people in Europe

gives the same description but focuses on roles and influence

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Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd

vsAverroes

9.9

A Muslim thinker, law expert, and doctor from Spain known for books explaining Aristotle

stresses his philosophical and medical influence rather than legal role

Surface Forms

Etymology