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Ibn Gabirol

Type Figure Region Al-Andalus Time c. 1021–1058 Also known as Solomon ibn Gabirol、Avicebron、Avencebrol、所罗门·伊本·加比罗尔、שלמה אבן גבירול、Abu Ayyub Sulayman ibn Jabirul

Andalusian Jewish philosopher and Hebrew poet, born in Málaga c. 1021 and active in Zaragoza;…

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  1. c. 1021–1039Málaga · MálagaBorn in Málaga around 1021, he lost his father young and was sickly. His family moved to Zaragoza; precocious and poetic, he wrote elegies and wisdom poems in Hebrew, already showing a proud and philosophical bent.
  2. 1039–1045Zaragoza · Taifa of ZaragozaHe enjoyed the patronage of the Zaragoza Jewish notable Yekutiel ibn Ḥasan. After his patron was killed in 1039, Gabirol lost his stable support; his poetry grew bitter and moralizing, while he continued metrical experiments in Hebrew.
  3. c. 1045–1055Zaragoza · Taifa of ZaragozaHe composed the dialogue Fons Vitae (Yanbūʿ al-ḥayāt) in Arabic, arguing that all things are composed of universal matter and form. The medieval Latin translation Fons Vitae was ascribed to Avicebron and long taken as the work of a Christian or Arab philosopher.
  4. c. 1055–1058Zaragoza · Taifa of ZaragozaIn the same period he completed the long religious-philosophical poem The King's Crown (Keter Malkhut) and others. He died around 1058, legend holding that he may have died at Valencia. His poems entered the Sephardic liturgical tradition, and his philosophy influenced scholasticism through Latin translations.

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