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Averroes
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Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)

Also known as: Averroës, Abū l-Walīd Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ruschd, Averois, Avérrhoës, Averroes von Córdoba, Der Kommentator

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Known works

  • Faṣl al-maqāl (1961)
  • Talkhīṣ Kitāb al-nafs
  • Bidāyat al-mujtahid wa-nihāyat al-muqtaṣid
  • Long Commentary on the De Anima of Aristotle (Yale Library of Medieval Philosophy Seri) (2007)
  • Averroës' three short commentaries on Aristotle's "Topics," "Rhetoric," and "Poetics"