Judah Abravanel (Leone Ebreo)
Judah Abravanel (Leone Ebreo) · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Renaissance philosopher, author of the Neoplatonic 'Dialoghi d'amore'
c. 1465, Lisbon, Portugal — c. 1523, probably Naples, Italy
Portugal · Spain · Italy (Naples · Genoa)
Judah Abravanel (Leone Ebreo) is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Renaissance philosopher, author of the Neoplatonic 'Dialoghi d'amore'
Judah Abravanel, known in Italian as Leone Ebreo, was a Renaissance philosopher and physician whose 'Dialoghi d'amore' (Dialogues of Love) became one of the most influential Neoplatonic works on love and beauty in sixteenth-century Europe. The eldest son of the statesman and biblical commentator Isaac Abravanel, he lived through the 1492 expulsion of the Jews from Spain. He was an observant Jew who, despite pressure, is generally held to have remained faithful to Judaism.
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Renaissance philosopher, author of the Neoplatonic 'Dialoghi d'amore'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy
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