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• Avernus

  a lake near naples, italy, looked upon in ancient times as an entrance to h-ll, from whose waters vile-smelling vapors arose, supposedly killing birds flying over it. h-ll. a crater lake in s italy, near naples and the tyrrhenian sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld. historical examples of which lesson […]

• Averroes

  1126?–98, arab philosopher in spain. historical examples he unfortunately dealt the death blow to mohammedan philosophy and averroes wrote against him. the literature of ecstasy albert mordell at all events, so he was interpreted by averroes and later by aquinas. dante: his times and his work arthur john butler there its great representative was averroes, […]

• Averroism

  the philosophy of averroës, largely based on aristotelianism and -sserting the unity of an active intellect common to all human beings while denying personal immortality. historical examples in such a critical generation the words of averroism found willing ears, and pupils who outran their teacher. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 2, slice 3 various the […]

• Averring

  to -ssert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner. law. to allege as a fact. historical examples the landlady was thus justified in averring that something had been done by somebody, albeit unable to point to anything specific. evan harrington, complete george meredith this he at first declined to do, averring […]

• Averse

  having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed: he is not averse to having a drink now and then. contemporary examples in iraq, there is a real concern over the emergence of alnusra front and salafists who are most averse to shiites in the region. the future uncertain: an iraqi on his country […]

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