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Isaac Israeli ben Solomon

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Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (Hebrew: יצחק בן שלמה הישראלי Yitzhak ben Shlomo ha-Yisraeli; Arabic: أبو يعقوب إسحاق بن سليمان الإسرائيلي Abu Ya'qub Ishaq ibn Suleiman al-Isra'ili; c. 832 – c. 932), also known as Isaac Israeli the Elder and Isaac Judaeus, was a Jewish physician and philosopher. He was one of the foremost Jewish academics living in the Arab world of his time, and is regarded as the father of medieval Jewish Neoplatonism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Israeli ben Solomon has received more than 101,294 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Isaac Israeli ben Solomon is the 721st most popular philosopher (down from 669th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 295th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Isaac Israeli ben Solomon ranks 721 out of 1,267. Before him are Arnold Ruge, Fulbert of Chartres, Lie Yukou, Gilbert Ryle, David the Invincible, and John Cantius. After him are Anton Wilhelm Amo, Émile Boutroux, Richard of Saint Victor, Thomas Hill Green, Robert Filmer, and Byung-Chul Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 832, Isaac Israeli ben Solomon ranks 1. After him is Björn at Haugi.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Isaac Israeli ben Solomon ranks 323 out of 642. Before him are Takelot III (-800), Anatolius of Constantinople (301), Leila Mourad (1918), Carpocrates (100), Ibn Taghribirdi (1410), and Said Halim Pasha (1865). After him are Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah (1096), Thutmose (-1500), Apollos (100), Syrianus (400), Al-Musta'in (1390), and Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (1952).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Isaac Israeli ben Solomon ranks 15. Before him are John Philoponus (490), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), Valentinus (100), Ammonius Hermiae (440), and Julius Pollux (200). After him are Syrianus (400), Nasr Abu Zayd (1943), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), Hermias (401), Isidore of Alexandria (450), and Thrasyllus of Mendes (-100).

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