Solomon ibn Gabirol
11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher · Spain · Writers · Lived 1021 to 1058 · aged 37
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Something wrong?An 11th-century Andalusian poet-philosopher whose Hebrew verse and neoplatonic thought traveled so far from their origin that medieval Europe studied his metaphysics for centuries under a Latinized name - Avicebron - without knowing he was Jewish.
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, I before Thy greatness / Stand, and am afraid: - / All my secret thoughts Thine eye beholdeth / Deep within my bosom laid.
In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence; the second, listening; the third, remembering; the fourth practicing; the fifth, teaching others
About this person
Solomon ibn Gabirol lived in Al-Andalus during the 11th century, writing in a world where Arabic, Hebrew, and emergent Christian scholarship overlapped. He published over a hundred poems alongside works on Biblical exegesis, ethics, and satire; one legend even credits him with fashioning a golem for household chores, possibly female. His philosophical output, rooted in the neoplatonic tradition, advanced a doctrine called Universal Hylomorphism - the claim that all things, souls and intellects included, are composites of matter and form - and placed unusual weight on the primacy of divine will. When medieval translators rendered his work into Latin as "Avicebron" or "Avencebrol," the name stuck in Islamic and Christian circles for centuries. Only in the 19th century did scholars trace the esteemed philosophy back to ibn Gabirol, closing a loop across languages and faiths.
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