Spain. 1967. Personalities. Averroes (physician and philisopher). 1.20 pt. SG* 1849. MNH
*Catalogue: Stanley Gibbons Western Europe Catalogue (2012, 2nd edition).
bn Rushd (often Latinized as Averroes), was an Andalusian polymath and jurist 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.
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