Salomon ibn gabirol, 1 2 transliterado selomoh ben yehudah ibn gabirol hebreo. This is a philosophical work which gained great popularity in its latin translation fons vitae, fountain of life. His fons vitae is more neoplatonic than aristotelian, more religious than. Page from the first edition of solomon ibn gabirol. This is a pre1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Ibn gabirol, solomon online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article. The font of life fons vitae mediaeval philosophical texts in. You from ibn gabirols classic philosophy work fons vitae, and he tries to clarify some of the poems enigmas. Abraham ibn ezra, who cites gabirols philosophicoallegorical bible interpretation, borrows from the fons vit. The dialogue in ibn gabirol s fons vitae analysis and discussion ibn gabirol s fons vitae, as was preserved in its 12th century latin translation, is formulated as a conversation between a master or. The font of life fons vitae by solomon ibn gabirol avicebron. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. A prolific poet and the author of the fons vitae, ibn gabirol is well known in the history of philosophy for the doctrine that all things including. Read all poems of shlomo ibn gabirol and infos about shlomo ibn gabirol.
May 25, 2019 the credit of identifying this name as a medieval corruption of ibn gabirol is due to s. Solomon ben jehuda ibn gabirol, kurz solomon salomo ibn gabirol oder schlomo ibn. He was born in malaga, spain, where a modern statue of him is to be found near the seashore. Drawing on arabic passages from ibn gabirols original fons vitae text, and highlighting philosophical insights from his. Solomon ibn gabirol, also known as avicebron, was a spanishjewish poet and philosopher of the eleventh century. His devotional poetry, featured here, is considered among the best postcanon, and portions of his poetic works have been incorporated into the jewish liturgy. Malkhut in face of the metaphysical structure presented in fons vitae. Ibn gabirol jewish poet and philosopher britannica. The font of life fons vitae by solomon ibn gabirol avicebron milwaukee. For editions in latin and hebrew, as well as arabic fragments and translations, see first section of bibliography work by ibn gabirol, fons vitae. Solomon ibn gabirol, also solomon ben judah was an andalucian hebrew poet and jewish philosopher. Abraham ibn ezra, who gives several specimens of gabirols philosophicoallegorical bible interpretation, borrows from the fons vit. Born in malaga about 1022, ibn gabirol received his higher education in saragossa, where he joined the. Ibn gabirol, one of the outstanding figures of the hebrew school of religious and secular poetry during the jewish golden age in moorish spain.
Ibn gabirol ibn gabirol, active 11th century also found under. Read ibn gabirol s theology of desire matter and method in jewish medieval neoplatonism by sarah pessin available from rakuten kobo. Avencebrolis ibn gebirol fons vitae ex arabico in latinum translatus ab iohanne hispano et. It is known that while malaga was his native city he signs some of his poems as malki, meaning from. The arabic original was lost but the latin version is fully preserved, and a hebrew translation of it was published in 1926. A plain reading of ibn gabirol s composition gives the impression that its purpose is to. In ibn gabirols cosmology, intellect is highlighted as the first created being, as the divine glory kavod, and as the first occurrence of form in matter composition see fons vitae 5. Solomon ibn gabirol avicebron notes stanford encyclopedia of. Schlomo ibn gabirol avicebron a fonte da vida tratado. Solomon ibn gabirol 47824819, 10211058 jewish history. The credit of identifying this name as a medieval corruption of ibn gabirol is due to s. Avicebron, nome romanzo di solomon ben yehuda ibn gebirol o ibn gabirol in ebraico. Gabirols work is a classic of religious philosophy.
Solomon ibn gabirol avicebron stanford encyclopedia of. Shlomo ibn gabirol shlomo ibn gabirol poems poem hunter. Avencebrolis ibn gebirol fons vitae ex arabico in latinum translatus ab. The font of life fons vitae mediaeval philosophical texts in translation solomon ibn gabirol avicebron, john a. Ibn gabirol s philosophical work, mekor hayyim source of life, composed under the influence of neoplatonic thought, was written in arabic and translated into latin as fons vitae. In the closing sentences of the fons vitae, ibn gabirol further describes this state of return as a liberation from death and a cleaving to the source of life fons vitae 5. Download pdf selected poems of solomon ibn gabirol book full free. Because of the fons vitae, gabirol is today widely recognized as one of the greatest jewish neoplatonists. A new edition of falaqueras thirteenthcentury hebrew summary of the fons vitae based on new manuscripts not used by munk with an italian translation. Read ibn gabirols theology of desire matter and method in jewish medieval neoplatonism by sarah pessin available from rakuten kobo. Gabirol s work is a classic of religious philosophy.
Avicebron, a corruption of ibn gibran aka albenzubron aka avicebrol aka avincebrol aka rashbag. Pdf ibn gabirol was a jewish spanish poet and philosopher that. Two books make it possible to read gabirol as our contemporary rather than an obscure and minor impediment to the triumph of thomism. Selected poems of solomon ibn gabirol available for download and read online in other formats. A prolific poet and the author of the fons vitae, ibn gabirol is well known in the history of philosophy for the doctrine that all things including soul and intellectare comprised of matter and form universal hylomorphism, and for his emphasis on divine will. Ibn gabirol is moved first and foremost by the neoplatonic theological sense that gods reality infuses all things, and by.
In this article, the nature of the disciples questions will be analyzed in order to explain the advantages of the dialogical process in ibn gabirols thought. Munk, who showed that selections made by shem tobh palqera or falqera from the meqor. In this article, the nature of the disciples questions will be analyzed in order. Schlomo ibn gabirol avicebron a fonte da vida tratado primeiro. Contents dedication 5 acknowledgments 6 introduction 9 i. In addition to works from the worlds great spiritual traditions, fvs publications include a speciality in islam and sufism, supported by a scholarly advisory board. This is a translation of a key extract from his major philosophical work, the fons vitae, or fountain of life. The relationship between the universal hylomorphism of various franciscans which they understood to be the teaching of the fons vitae and ibn gabirols version of that teaching viz. While this tripart categorization helps us conceptually get at ibn gabirols point, ibn gabirol himself in the fons vitae enumerates not three but five categories of matter.
Fonte della vita, in il pensiero occidentale, traduzione, note e apparati di marienza benedetto, milano, bompiani, 2007, isbn 9788845259937. Pessin rejects voluntarist readings of the fons vitae as opposing divine emanation. Ibn gabirol, who was about eighteen or nineteen years old at that time, composed a touching eulogy on the loss of his friend. Rethinking theology and matter with ibn gabirol stephen h. Drawing on arabic passages from ibn gabirol s original fons vitae text, and highlighting philosophical insights from his. His fons vitae is more neoplatonic than aristotelian, more religious than theological. Laumakis published his translation in 2014, so pessin does not comment on it in her 20 book, ibn gabirols theology of desire, yet pessins work should be held in one hand while reading laumakis with the other. For that reason, we are even more in debt to sarah pessin for writing the first full length study in english of fons vitae. Pdf selected poems of solomon ibn gabirol download full. Segun ibn gabirol aunque dicha afirmacion ha sido puesta en duda schlanger.
Ibn gabirol ibn gabirol, active 11th century the online. Ibn gabirol and his influence upon scholastic philosophy. The basic vocabulary of the work is derived from the tradition of plato, aristotle, plotinus and the medieval arabic philosophers. The original arabic of this work does not survive, but it was translated into latin and hebrew. Moses ibn ezra is the first to mention gabirol as a philosopher, praising his intellectual achievements, and quoting several passages from the fons vit. Drawing on arabic passages from ibn gabirols original fons vitae text, and highlighting philosophical insights from his hebrew poetry, sarah pessin develops a theology of desire at the heart of ibn gabirols eleventhcentury cosmoontology. As such, it partook of the tradition in which it stood as well as breaking new ground in it. Ibn gabirol, solomon online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article ibn gabirol, active 11th century. She also emphasizes pseudoempedoclean notions of divine desire and grounding element alongside ibn gabirol s use of a particularly neoplatonic method with apophatic and what she terms doubly apophatic implications. Abraham ibn ezra, who cites gabirol s philosophicoallegorical bible interpretation, borrows from the fons vit. The first is the new translation of gabirols masterpiece, fons vitae the font of life, by john a. In this text, gabirol uses a socratic dialog as a framework to discuss his theory of the first cause.
But the statue depicts him as a tall, venerable old sage, whereas, in fact, he died before reaching the age of 40. Gatti, genova, il melangolo, 2001, isbn 9788870183832. Unfortunately, ibn hasan met with a violent death through a false accusation by his enemies. Solomon ibn gabirol project gutenberg selfpublishing. The literary framework of solomon ibn gabirols fons vitae is a conversation between a master and a disciple. The literary framework of judah halevis kitab alkhazari is similar to that of fons vitae. Download pdf fons vitae free online new books in politics. Shlomo ibn gabirol poems, quotations and biography on shlomo ibn gabirol poet page. Laumakis, profesor filozofie na univerzite v illinois, sa venuje dejinam zapadoeuropskej filozofie, zvlast stredoveku.
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