Averroes's work on Aristotle spans almost three decades, and he wrote commentaries on almost all of Aristotle's work except for Aristotle's Politics, to which he did not have access.

Averroes's works were spread over 20, 000 pages covering a variety of different subjects, including early Islamic philosophy, logic in Islamic philosophy, Arabic medicine, Arabic mathematics, Arabic astronomy, Arabic grammar, Islamic theology, Sharia ( Islamic law ), and Fiqh ( Islamic jurisprudence ).

It was Ibn Tufail who introduced him to the court and to Ibn Zuhr (" Avenzoar " to the West ), the great Muslim physician, who became Averroes's teacher and friend.

It was in part through the Latin translations of Averroes's work beginning in the 12th century that the legacy of Aristotle was recovered in the Latin West.

Through the Latin translations of Averroes's ( 1126 – 1198 ) work beginning in the 12th century the legacy of Aristotle was recovered in the West-Christian philosophers such as Thomas Aquinas ( 1224 – 1274 ) adapted to his view, and because they believed that the early embryo did not have a human soul, they did not necessarily see early abortion as murder, though they condemned abortion.

* Averroes appears in a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, entitled " Averroes's Search ", in which he is portrayed trying to find the meanings of the words tragedy and comedy.

Averroes's strictly rationalist views collided with the more orthodox views of Abu Yusuf Ya ' qub al-Mansur, who therefore eventually banished Averroes, though he had previously appointed him as his personal physician.

He wrote a short story in which the philosopher Averroes is the chief protagonist, Averroes's Search.

Young Mercer showed a remarkable lack of aptitude for both instruments.

They may be related to mental immaturity or lack of aptitude for certain types of school work.

And the monastic communities were supposed to be made up of volunteers selected only after a novitiate which would test their religious aptitude for monastic rigors, their spiritual athleticism.

However, his aptitude for sculpture led him to work for Giulio Cesare Conventi ( 1577 — 1640 ), an artist of modest talents.

The young Pascal showed an amazing aptitude for mathematics and science.

Cooking shows such as Emeril Live and 30 Minute Meals have spawned Celebrity chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse who are famed for their culinary aptitude.

For ordinary persons, married life is undoubtedly advisable unless they have a special aptitude for celibacy ".

As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools.

" Her father did have a natural aptitude for drawing and the sisters were charmed by his whimsical sketches of animals.

The Third Council of the Lateran of 1179 guaranteed the access – now largely free of charge – of all able applicants, who were, however, still tested for aptitude by the ecclesiastic scholastic.

D. W. Griffith made a small number of the latter type of film in his first two years at Biograph, but had little interest or aptitude for the genre.

One reviewer declared that Fellini had “ not the slightest aptitude for cinema direction ”.

Thus, powerful but refined breeds such as the Andalusian or the Lusitano developed in the Iberian peninsula as riding horses that also had a great aptitude for dressage, while heavy draft horses such as the Clydesdale and the Shire developed out of a need to perform demanding farm work and pull heavy wagons.

I – O psychologists not only help in the selection and assessment of personnel for jobs, but also assist in the selection of students for admission to colleges, universities, and graduate and professional schools as well as the assessment of student achievement, student aptitude, and the performance of teachers and K – 12 schools.

Cook's aptitude for surveying was put to good use mapping the jagged coast of Newfoundland in the 1760s, aboard the HMS Grenville.

He exhibited great manual dexterity, engineering skills and an aptitude for mathematics, while Latin and Greek failed to interest him.

It was a significant promotion that marked a distinct aptitude for medicine ; it brought increased responsibility and a heavier workload.

He regretted that he had begun the work of teaching so late in life, but as a lecturer he was not successful: he had no aptitude for digesting facts and suiting them to the level of comprehension of his students.

Although the concept has existed for centuries, the term meritocracy was first coined by British politician and sociologist, Michael Young in his 1958 satirical essay, " The Rise of the Meritocracy ", which pictured the United Kingdom under the rule of a government favoring intelligence and aptitude ( merit ) above all.

He was a man of strong will, of great aptitude for controversy, and considerable learning, and thus exercised a decided influence on the Reformation.

The program was designed to train civil servants for the federal government, a career that Falk said in his memoir that he had " no interest in and no aptitude for.

Showing an early aptitude for learning, he was moved from the school attached to the Lateran Palace and, according to the Liber Pontificalis, was made a Deacon by Paschal I ( 817 – 824 ).

In his earlier years he showed an aptitude for mathematics, but eventually he devoted himself to the study of natural history and of medicine, and in 1824 he was appointed assistant naturalist to his father.

The authority has presented many strategic reports since its foundation, a recent report was conducting into reforming medical training in Ireland ; this proposed system should lead to the creation of a two route entry into medicine which will include entry via a bachelor's degree and aptitude test, in addition to the current " points race " system.

From its very beginning, in research and practice, traffic psychology has followed an interdisciplinary approach and has shared common topics with other fields, in particular medicine ( e. g. related to driving aptitude ), engineering ( ergonomics of cars as well as human factors in traffic planning ), and economics ( e. g. travel demand management ).

Plato, uses the plural adjective γνωστικοί – gnostikoi and the singular feminine adjective γνωστικὴ ἐπιστήμη – gnostike episteme in his Politikos where Gnostike episteme was also used to indicate one's aptitude.

After passing the initial aptitude test, he was to undertake a month-long course ; if he passed that, he would begin full flight training in early 2009.

In Markham's view, professionalism was considered less praiseworthy than " unforced aptitude ", and possibly Scott was influenced by Markham's belief.

Born in Palmi near Reggio di Calabria, Cilea gave early indication of an aptitude for music when at the age of four he heard a performance of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma and was greatly affected by it.

He was also a mathematics genius of the 15th century — albeit his mental aptitude was perseverance rather than any unusual endowment of intellect.

Marshall grew up in the London suburb of Clapham and was educated at the Merchant Taylors ' School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he demonstrated an aptitude in mathematics, achieving the rank of Second Wrangler in the 1865 Cambridge Mathematical Tripos.

He elected to " go Active " ( the euphemism for volunteering for overseas service ) and his aptitude was such that he was appointed Lance Corporal and attended NCO school, and became a basic training instructor in the rank of corporal.

His aptitude for drawing was evident at an early age, leading to his admission to the Royal Academy of Arts at the age of 20.

Simonides was the first to establish the choral dirge as a recognized form of lyric poetry, his aptitude for it being testified, for example, by Quintillian ( see quote in the Introduction ), Horace (" Ceae ... munera neniae "), Catullus (" maestius lacrimis Simonideis ") and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, where he says:

At Columbia University ( end of 18th century ) there was a Urania Society, for the improvement of oratory skills, felicity of composition and aptitude to debate philosophical topics.

He was educated at Idle, near Bradford ; his aptitude for mechanics became apparent when he began work for his uncle.

While his formal education was limited, Parsons demonstrated tremendous scientific aptitude and genius, particularly in chemistry.