Solomon ibn Gabirol (Avicebron)#Solomon
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#Solomon
Solomon ibn Gabirol (Avicebron) · c. 1021–c. 1058
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“For six hundred years, Christian Europe studied the philosophy of a mysterious "Avicebron," assuming he was a Muslim or a Christian — never guessing he was the Jewish poet whose hymn is still sung in synagogues every Yom Kippur. One man, split in two by translation, reunited by detective work in 1846.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Everything that exists except God — even angels and souls — is built of matter and form; and the universe pours out of God not because it must, but because God wills it.”
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