Both Uses
Averroes
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
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- Gone too from the world, Averroes and Moses Maimonides, dark men in mien and movement, flashing in their mocking mirrors the obscure soul of the world, a darkness shining in brightness which brightness could not comprehend.†
Chpt 2 *Averroes = medieval Islamic philosopher whose commentaries on Aristotle shaped later Muslim and European thinkers (1126-1198)
- Then spake young Stephen orgulous of mother Church that would cast him out of her bosom, of law of canons, of Lilith, patron of abortions, of bigness wrought by wind of seeds of brightness or by potency of vampires mouth to mouth or, as Virgilius saith, by the influence of the occident or by the reek of moonflower or an she lie with a woman which her man has but lain with, effectu secuto, or peradventure in her bath according to the opinions of Averroes and Moses Maimonides.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(Averroes) medieval Islamic philosopher and scholar from Spain whose detailed commentaries on Aristotle strongly influenced both Islamic and European thought (1126-1198)Averroes, also known as Ibn Rushd, argued that religious faith and philosophical reason ultimately point toward the same truth, even if they use different paths. His ideas about the relationship between philosophy and religion were admired by some and attacked by others, but they helped shape later discussions about how faith and reason fit together.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)