Simon Van Den Bergh was a philosopher who dedicated much of his life to studying, interpreting and explaining the works of the 12th century Andalusian Muslim philosopher Averroes. His \"Averroes\' Tahafut al-Tahafut\" (The Incoherence of the Incoherence), the book he spent some 30 years working on and published for the first time in 1954, is still in publication, features in encyclopaedia, is used in universities and praised by academics. There were no obituaries in either Dutch or English newspapers when he died at the age of 97 in 1979. He led a charmed, vibrant, sometimes controversial life that witnessed fundamental economic, social and technological changes. He embodied the Western European, cosmopolitan opportunities of the 20th century, while constantly seeking to understand the history, culture and philosophy of an ancient, Eastern society - a perspective that has much relevance today.A copy inscribed by the author to the flyleaf. There is slight damage to the flyleaf where a sticker has been removed. Otherwise very good.