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Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Averroes
Born: April 14, 1126
Died: December 10, 1198 (aged 72)
Bio: Averroes is the Latinized form of Ibn Rushd, full name ʾAbū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd, a medieval Andalusian polymath.
Known for:
- The Incoherence of the Incoherence
- The Distinguished Jurist's Primer
- On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy
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