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they called him the Commentator for his Aristotle commentaries
Shaykh al-Ra''is is Ibn Sina, not Ibn Rushd
al-Ghazali is his opponent, not his title
he was a philosopher, not a king
the sources have him her judge under the Almohads
he was in al-Andalus, not Baghdad
he was in the Maghreb, not Egypt
he was in Cordoba, not Damascus
the sources name its title and subject
it was on religion and philosophy, not medicine
it was philosophy, not poetry
a published book, not secret
the sources name his answer to the Incoherence of the Philosophers
he commented on Aristotle, not debated him
he answered al-Ghazali, not Ibn Sina directly
he debated al-Ghazali in his book
the sources record his exile and return
he died in Marrakesh, not killed
he was a philosopher, not a caliph
the sources record his old-age exile
the sources give his death''s place and year
that is Ibn Sina''s death year
that is centuries before his birth
he died in the sources like all people
his commentaries were taught in their schools for centuries
they revived philosophy, not abolished
Europe read them for centuries
they were known in Europe before his land
the sources name both offices together
he was a judge, not a commander
he served the caliph, not was him
he was judge and physician in the sources
his commentaries bridged reason between the civilizations
he commented on old philosophy, not invented
he was a philosopher and judge, not a king
his name is in philosophy''s and the Renaissance''s history
his commentaries and his age''s historians reach us
Europe translated him and historians wrote of him
Muslims and Europeans wrote of him
Almohads and Europeans wrote of him
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