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Averroes
ابن رشد ar
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
- Dated 14 April 1126 CE – 10 December 1198 CE
- Also called Averrhoes, Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd, Averroës
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Averroes Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198) 
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- was influenced by Al-Ghazali Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
- was influenced by Aristotle Greek philosopher
- was influenced by Avempace Arab Andalusian polymath (c. 1085 – 1138)
- was influenced by Avicenna Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)
- was influenced by Farabi 10th century Persian philosopher and jurist
- was influenced by Ibn Tufayl Arab Muslim polymath (c. 1105–1185)
- was influenced by Ibn Zuhr
- was influenced by Malik ibn Anas Arab Islamic jurist, theologian and hadith traditionist (711–795)
- was influenced by Muhammad Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
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- was influenced by Plato 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher
- was influenced by Plotinus
- influenced Benedictus de Spinoza Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
- influenced Giordano Bruno Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
- influenced Ibn Khaldun historiographer and historian
- influenced Moshe ben Maimon Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
- influenced Sidi Boushaki Algerian theologian, exeget, linguist and sufi
- influenced Thomas Aquinas Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
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