Moses Narboni
Moses Narboni · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher and physician; a leading medieval commentator on Averroes and on Maimonides' 'Guide for the Perplexed'
c. 1300, Perpignan, Kingdom of Majorca — 1362, Perpignan
Perpignan · Cervera · Barcelona · Toledo
Moses Narboni is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Philosopher and physician; a leading medieval commentator on Averroes and on Maimonides' 'Guide for the Perplexed'
Moses Narboni (Moses ben Joshua of Narbonne) was a Jewish philosopher and physician of Provençal-Catalan Jewry and one of the foremost medieval Averroist thinkers. He wrote influential commentaries on Averroes and a major commentary on Maimonides' 'Guide for the Perplexed', defending a rationalist, naturalist reading of Jewish philosophy. He was an observant Jew steeped in biblical and rabbinic literature who fled anti-Jewish violence during the Black Death.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Philosopher and physician; a leading medieval commentator on Averroes and on Maimonides' 'Guide for the Perplexed'
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
