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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 Andalusi poet and Jewish philosopher in the Neo-Platonic tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Solomon ibn Gabirol has received more than 474,960 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Solomon ibn Gabirol is the 174th most popular philosopher (up from 204th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Spain (up from 103rd in 2019) and the 5th 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 174 out of 1,081. Before him are Chrysippus, Porphyry, Max Scheler, Jean Buridan, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, and Karl Kautsky. After him are José Ortega y Gasset, Pierre Gassendi, Max Horkheimer, Claude Adrien Helvétius, Emmanuel Levinas, and Posidonius.

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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, Lulach, William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, Judith of Schweinfurt, and Stephen I of Croatia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Solomon ibn Gabirol ranks 77 out of 2,932. Before him are Francisco Gento (1933), Lucan (39), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), and Abbas ibn Firnas (810). After him are José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Josep Borrell (1947), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528), and Al-Zahrawi (936).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Solomon ibn Gabirol ranks 5. Before him are Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Ibn Arabi (1165), and Ramon Llull (1232). After him are José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Ibn Tufail (1110), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Baltasar Gracián (1601), Francisco Suárez (1548), Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240), and Abraham ibn Ezra (1089).

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