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Also Known As Averrhoës • the Commentator • Ibn Rushd • Abū al-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rushd
Born 1126 • Córdoba • Spain
Died 1198 (aged 72) • Marrakech
Subjects Of Study Aristotelianism • Greek philosophy • Islam • Platonism

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