Averroes
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| + | '''Abdul Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd''' (Arabic:أبو الوليد محمد بن احمد بن رشد), better known just as ''Ibn Rushd'' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: '''ابن رشد'''), and in European literature as '''Averroes''' ([[1126]] – [[December 10]], [[1198]]), was an [[Al-Andalus|Andalusian]] [[Philosophy|philosopher]], [[physician]], and [[polymath]]: a master of [[Early Islamic philosophy|philosophy]], [[Kalam|theology]], [[Maliki]] [[Sharia|law]] and [[Fiqh|jurisprudence]], [[Islamic astronomy|astronomy]], [[geography]], [[Islamic mathematics|mathematics]], [[Islamic medicine|medicine]], [[physics]], [[Early Muslim sociology|psychology]] and [[Islamic science|science]]. He was born in [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]], modern day [[Spain]], and died in [[Marrakech]], modern day [[Morocco]]. His school of philosophy is known as [[Averroism]]. He has been described as the founding father of [[secularism|secular thought]] in [[Western Europe]]. | ||
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Abdul Walid Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Rushd (Arabic:أبو الوليد محمد بن احمد بن رشد), better known just as Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد), and in European literature as Averroes (1126 – December 10, 1198), was an Andalusian philosopher, physician, and polymath: a master of philosophy, theology, Maliki law and jurisprudence, astronomy, geography, mathematics, medicine, physics, psychology and science. He was born in Córdoba, modern day Spain, and died in Marrakech, modern day Morocco. His school of philosophy is known as Averroism. He has been described as the founding father of secular thought in Western Europe.
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