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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
Aquinas called Averroes "the perverter" of philosophy.

Well, golly. I never claimed that he was alotogether right, after all he remained in Islam.

I'm just saying he was a serious philosopher, and has no more problems than guys like Kant, Hegel and Descartes who are considered important, if flawed, thinkers.
64 posted on 09/08/2013 12:29:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Well, golly. I never claimed that he was alotogether right, after all he remained in Islam. I'm just saying he was a serious philosopher,

Nah, you said he was a great and good influence on western philosophy. Actually we were better off without Averroes. And we would be even better off if we can bury the myth that moslems contributed something significant to western thought.

77 posted on 09/10/2013 8:08:22 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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