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2 days ago · Name Detail of Averroes in a 14th-century painting by Andrea di Bonaiuto See also: Latinization of names Ibn Rushd's full, transliterated Arabic name is "Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rushd". Sometimes, the nickname al-Hafid ("The Grandson") is appended to his name, to distinguish him from his grandfather, a famous judge and jurist. "Averroes" is the Medieval Latin form of "Ibn ...
- Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad ibn ʾAḥmad ibn Rushd, The Commentator
2 days ago · Some medieval historiographers identified Siger of Brabant (circa 1240-1284) as the author of the condemned proposition. In reality, Siger considered that a cause can always be prevented from producing its effect. He also maintained that we are free because reason, which enables deliberation, gives us the power to prevent the action of a cause.
5 days ago · The tomb once held the mortal remains of Duke John I of Brabant and Limburg (c. 1252–1294), amidst ruins of a 1238 Franciscan monastery. First excavated in 1988, it was re-excavated and renovated in 2020-22 to showcase the history of Brussels since its founding in 979.
1 day ago · Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (/ ˌ d ɛ z ɪ ˈ d ɪər i ə s ɪ ˈ r æ z m ə s /; Dutch: [ˌdeːziˈdeːriʏs eˈrɑsmʏs]; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.
- Counsellor to Charles V. (hon.)
4 days ago · Tuesday, 21 November 2023. By Maïthé Chini. In Belgium’s decadent but turbulent 1980s, a mysterious gang of criminals showed up out of the blue to commit a series of murders and violent robberies across the country. Dubbed the Brabant Killers by the press, (les Tueurs du Brabant in French, de Bende van Nijvel in Dutch), they killed 28 ...
5 days ago · Louis II de Male (1330-1384) was the son and successor of Louis de Nevers and last count of the house of Dampierre. In 1347, the year after his accession, he married Marguerite, daughter of Jean III, duke of Brabant, and by 1349 had ended the rebellion of Ghent.
2 days ago · Siger de Brabant (c.1240-c.1281) foi um filósofo dominicano, professor de teologia e filosofia em Paris. Foi um proponente do averroísmo, sendo também influenciado por Proclo (410–485) e Avicena (980–1037), além de debater com Tomás de Aquino.
