Under the auspices of Frederick II., it, in a less imposing manner, issued from Sicily.

That sovereign bad adopted it fully.

In his "Sicilian Questions" he had demanded light on the eternity of the world, and on the nature of the soul, and supposed he had found it in the replies of Ibn Sabin, an upholder of these doctrines.

But in his conflict with the papacy be was overthrown, and with him these heresies were destroyed.
In Upper Italy, Averroism long maintained its ground.

It was so fashionable in high Venetian society that every gentleman felt constrained to profess it.