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Bahya ibn Paquda

1050 - 1120

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Bahya ben Joseph ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda, Bakuda, Hebrew: בחיי אבן פקודה‎, Arabic: بهية بن فاقودا), c. 1050–1120, was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived at Zaragoza, Al-Andalus (now Spain). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bahya ibn Paquda has received more than 99,525 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bahya ibn Paquda is the 857th most popular philosopher, the 911th most popular biography from Spain and the 27th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 857 out of 1,081Before him are Timon of Athens, Antoine Berman, G. E. M. Anscombe, Michael Baius, Aleksey Khomyakov, and Zeno of Tarsus. After him are David Lewis, Edmund Gettier, Léon Brunschvicg, Anandavardhana, Franciscus Gomarus, and Liu Yuxi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1050, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 21Before him are Leopold II, Margrave of Austria, Muhammad I of Khwarazm, Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, Anselm of Laon, and Ingvar the Far-Travelled. After him are Isaac Komnenos, Li Tang, Welf, Duke of Carinthia, Sophia of Hungary, Leopold of Styria, and Domenico Michiel. Among people deceased in 1120, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 7Before him are Blessed Gerard, William Adelin, Welf II, Duke of Bavaria, Ingegerd of Norway, Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, and Albert of Aix.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 911 out of 2,932Before him are Luis Cernuda (1902), Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1012), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Ramón Franco (1896), Txiki Begiristain (1964), and Massiel (1947). After him are Vicente Aranda (1926), Lucius Licinius Lucullus (-150), Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734), Ibn Zaydún (1003), Louis of Granada (1504), and Luis Arconada (1954).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 27Before him are María Zambrano (1904), Melchor Cano (1509), Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), Domingo de Soto (1494), Joseph Albo (1380), and Lubna of Córdoba (922). After him are Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676), Fernando Savater (1947), Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905), Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), Gómez Pereira (1500), and Julián Marías (1914).