PHILOSOPHER

Solomon ibn Gabirol

1021 - 1058

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Solomon ibn Gabirol or Solomon ben Judah (Hebrew: ר׳ שְׁלֹמֹה בֶּן יְהוּדָה אִבְּן גָּבִּירוֹל, romanized: Shlomo ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol, pronounced [ʃ(e)loˈmo ben jehuˈda ʔibn ɡabiˈʁol]; Arabic: أبو أيوب سليمان بن يحيى بن جبيرول, romanized: ’Abū ’Ayyūb Sulaymān bin Yaḥyá bin Jabīrūl, pronounced [ˈʔæbuː ʔæjˈjuːb sʊlæjˈmæːn bɪn ˈjæħjæː bɪn dʒæbiːˈruːl]) was an 11th-century Jewish poet and philosopher in the Neo-Platonic tradition in Al-Andalus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Solomon ibn Gabirol has received more than 508,548 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Solomon ibn Gabirol is the 196th most popular philosopher (down from 174th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 77th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

Solomon ibn Gabirol is most famous for his poetry.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Solomon ibn Gabirol ranks 196 out of 1,267. Before him are Emmanuel Levinas, Pierre Gassendi, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Baltasar Gracián, Slavoj Žižek, and Diotima of Mantinea. After him are Melissus of Samos, Muhammad Abduh, Adam Weishaupt, John Scotus Eriugena, Hasan al-Basri, and Marshall McLuhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1021, Solomon ibn Gabirol ranks 1. After him are Eudokia Makrembolitissa, Wang Anshi, and Michael Attaleiates. Among people deceased in 1058, Solomon ibn Gabirol ranks 1. After him are Pope Stephen IX, Casimir I the Restorer, Al-Mawardi, Ermesinde of Carcassonne, Judith of Schweinfurt, William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, Lulach, and Stephen I of Croatia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Solomon ibn Gabirol ranks 102 out of 3,355. Before him are Blanche of Castile (1188), Vincent of Saragossa (300), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528), José Carreras (1946), and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507). After him are Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895), Paco Rabanne (1934), Louis I of Spain (1707), Pelagius of Asturias (685), Manuel de Falla (1876), and Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Solomon ibn Gabirol ranks 8. Before him are Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), Ramon Llull (1232), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Ibn Tufail (1110), and Baltasar Gracián (1601). After him are Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Francisco Suárez (1548), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), and Juan Luis Vives (1492).

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