Averroes, Andalusian Polymath(1126-1198)

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Averroes, detail of Raphael's
fresco The School of Athens

Just the Facts:

• Name: Ibn Rushd
• Known as: Averroes
• Birth: April 14, 1126, Córdoba, Spain
• Death: December 10, 1198, Marrakesh, Morocco
• Language: Arabic
• Who he was: Andalusian polymath; Tahafut al-tahafut (The Incoherence of the Incoherence); Kitab fasl al-maqal (The Harmony of Religion and Philosophy)

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