Averroes (Ibn Rushd)
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Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd
Ibn Rushd (14 April 1126 – 11 December 1198), often Latinized as Averroes, was a Muslim Andalusian polymath and jurist of Berber descent 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. Ibn Rushd also served as a chief judge and a court physician for the Almohad Caliphate.
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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2007
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
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2012
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The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities
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2019
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The Other Side of the Judeo-Christian History
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2011
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