PHILOSOPHER

Averroes

1126 - 1198

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Ibn Rushd (Arabic: ابن رشد; full name in Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد بن أحمد بن رشد, romanized: Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Rushd; 14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), often Latinized as Averroes (English: ), was an Andalusian polymath and jurist who wrote about many subjects, including philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, mathematics, Islamic jurisprudence and law, and linguistics. The author of more than 100 books and treatises, his philosophical works include numerous commentaries on Aristotle, for which he was known in the Western world as The Commentator and Father of Rationalism. Averroes was a strong proponent of Aristotelianism; he attempted to restore what he considered the original teachings of Aristotle and opposed the Neoplatonist tendencies of earlier Muslim thinkers, such as Al-Farabi and Avicenna. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Averroes has received more than 2,692,180 page views. His biography is available in 107 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 103 in 2019). Averroes is the 26th most popular philosopher (up from 28th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Spain and the 2nd most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Averroes is most famous for his commentaries on Aristotle.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Averroes ranks 26 out of 1,267. Before him are Arthur Schopenhauer, Montesquieu, Democritus, Epicurus, Seneca the Younger, and Friedrich Engels. After him are Auguste Comte, Thomas Hobbes, Al-Ghazali, Erasmus, Diogenes, and Parmenides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1126, Averroes ranks 1. After him are William I of Sicily, Khaqani, Mieszko III the Old, Peter I of Courtenay, Michael the Syrian, Sibylla of Burgundy, Anvari, and John Doukas. Among people deceased in 1198, Averroes ranks 1. After him are Pope Celestine III, Constance, Queen of Sicily, Al-Aziz Uthman, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, William III of Sicily, Sophia of Minsk, Dulce of Aragon, Frederick I, Duke of Austria, Eustathius of Thessalonica, George II of Constantinople, and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Averroes ranks 7 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Francisco Goya (1746), and Seneca the Younger (-4). After him are Francisco Franco (1892), Diego Velázquez (1599), Trajan (53), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hernán Cortés (1485), and Hadrian (76).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Averroes ranks 2. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4). After him are Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Ibn Tufail (1110), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Francisco Suárez (1548), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240).

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