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Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

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The Resume

    (1126-1198)
    Full name was Abu'l Waleed Muhammed Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Rushd
    Name was westernized into Avveroes by Christians
    Wrote 'Tuhafut al-Tuhafut,' ''Kitad fi-Harakat al-Falak' and 'Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa-Nihayat-al-Muqtasid'

Why he might be annoying:

    His theology angered the Caliph of Morocco, and all of his non-scientific treatises were burned.
    His grandfather and father were both judges.
    He attempted to solve the problem of free will by saying that we are not entirely free and not entirely determined.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was such a talented physician that he was asked by Abu Yaqub, the Caliph of Morocco to be the court doctor.
    His writings span logic, music, jurisprudence, and medicine.
    When his writings are all added together, there are over 20,000 pages.
    His commentaries on Aristotle and Plato helped to preserve them when they were lost in the Christian world.
    He was dedicated to learning and preserving thought when the majority of Europe was in shambles and had never heard of the Ancient Greeks.

Credit: Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 70 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 100 Votes: 54.00% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 169 Votes: 42.01% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 255 Votes: 42.75% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 505 Votes: 44.36% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 223 Votes: 55.16% Annoying