Solomon Ibn Gabirol (Avicebron)
Solomon Ibn Gabirol (Avicebron) · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Medieval Jewish poet and Neoplatonic philosopher, author of 'Fons Vitae'
c. 1021, Málaga, Al-Andalus (present-day Spain) — c. 1058, Valencia, Al-Andalus (present-day Spain)
Málaga · Zaragoza · Valencia
Solomon Ibn Gabirol (Avicebron) is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Medieval Jewish poet and Neoplatonic philosopher, author of 'Fons Vitae'
Solomon ibn Gabirol was a Jewish poet and Neoplatonic philosopher of the Golden Age of Al-Andalus, among the greatest Hebrew poets of the medieval period; his liturgical poem 'Keter Malkhut' is still recited on Yom Kippur. His philosophical work 'Fons Vitae,' known in Latin under the name Avicebron, was widely studied by Christian scholastics who long did not realize its author was a Jew.
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Medieval Jewish poet and Neoplatonic philosopher, author of 'Fons Vitae'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy
