Averroes (Ibn Rushd), the 12th-century philosopher who argued that the universe had always been there. He is depicted in a fresco at Santa Maria Novella, Florence - Bridgeman Jeff Bezos gave $100 ...

That would be the 12th-century Muslim philosopher Ibn Rushd, or Averroes, as he became known in Latin Europe. “Oh no,” I said out loud. As a Catholic philosopher and avid student of Aquinas ...