Averroes is depicted in Raphael's fresco with a
hat on his head as standing in the left foreground over the shoulder
of Pythagoras. Averroes was a great 12th century Arabian philosopher
and astronomer who also served as a judge and a physician. He
wrote many influential books on jurisprudence and theology. He
is regarded as one of the greatest commentator on the work of
Aristotle. He is thought to have had a great influence on St.
Thomas Aquinas.
To read more about Averroes and to study his writings,
examine the following web pages: