PHILOSOPHER

Gersonides

1288 - 1344

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Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 20 April 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus, or in Hebrew by the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG, was a medieval French Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician and astronomer/astrologer. He was born at Bagnols in Languedoc, France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gersonides has received more than 194,108 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gersonides is the 571st most popular philosopher (up from 633rd in 2019), the 1,765th most popular biography from France (up from 2,033rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gersonides ranks 571 out of 1,267. Before him are Bion of Borysthenes, Alan Watts, Bernardino Telesio, Zaleucus, Arthur Danto, and Usman dan Fodio. After him are Zou Yan, Andreas Karlstadt, Peter the Iberian, Charles W. Morris, Cesare Ripa, and Johann Bernhard Basedow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1288, Gersonides ranks 6. Before him are Orhan, Charles I of Hungary, Ivan I of Moscow, Emperor Go-Daigo, and Emperor Go-Fushimi. After him is Mahmoud Shabestari. Among people deceased in 1344, Gersonides ranks 2. Before him is Simone Martini. After him are Chunghye of Goryeo, Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, Constantine II, King of Armenia, Walter Burley, Leopold II, Duke of Austria, and Amda Seyon I.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gersonides ranks 1,765 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), Jules Breton (1827), Eustace III, Count of Boulogne (1060), Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705), Charlotte of Albret (1480), and Blanche of Bourbon (1339). After him are Madame d'Aulnoy (1651), La Goulue (1866), Jean François Paul de Gondi (1613), Nicolas de Largillière (1656), Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822), and Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Gersonides ranks 76. Before him are Louis Couturat (1868), William of Champeaux (1070), Émile Chartier (1868), Henry Corbin (1903), Georges Canguilhem (1904), and Jacques Ellul (1912). After him are Étienne Balibar (1942), Maurice Blondel (1861), Paul Nizan (1905), Jean Hyppolite (1907), Berengar of Tours (998), and Yves Bonnefoy (1923).

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