Gersonides
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Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 20 April 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus, or in Hebrew by the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG, was a medieval French Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician and astronomer/astrologer. He was born at Bagnols in Languedoc, France. According to Abraham Zacuto and others, he was the son of Gerson ben Solomon Catalan.
Key facts
- Philosopher.birth_name
- Levi ben Gershon (לוי בן גרשון)
- Philosopher.region
- Jewish philosophy
- Philosopher.era
- Medieval philosophy
- Philosopher.name
- Gersonides
- Philosopher.birth_date
- 1288
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
- Philosopher.death_place
- Perpignan, France
- Philosopher.main_interests
- Religious philosophy, mathematics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Levi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Crown of Aragon
- Place of birth
- Bagnols-sur-Cèze
- Place of death
- Avignon
- Occupation
- physician
- Languages spoken
- Old Occitan
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- Talmud
- Image
- Levi ben Gerson.jpg
- Work location
- Perpignan
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- affiliation
- Rishonim
- date of birth
- 1288-01-01
- date of death
- 1344-04-20
- name in native language
- לוי בן גרשום
- Commons category
- Gersonides
- birth name
- Levi ben Gershom
- place of burial
- Metz
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- permanent resident of
- Principality of Orange
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons Creator page
- Gersonides
- P13311
- Bill Lockwood
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Philosophical and religious works
- Views on God and omniscience
- Views of the afterlife
- Talmudic works
- Works in mathematics and astronomy/astrology
- Estimation of stellar distances and refutation of Ptolemy's model
- In modern fiction
- Awards and honours
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 20 April 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus, or in Hebrew by the abbreviation of first letters as RaLBaG, was a medieval French Jewish philosopher, Talmudist, mathematician, physician and astronomer/astrologer. He was born at Bagnols in Languedoc, France. According to Abraham Zacuto and others, he was the son of Gerson ben Solomon Catalan.
==Biography== As in the case of the other medieval Jewish philosophers, little is known of his life. His family had been distinguished for piety and exegetical skill in Talmud, but though he was known in the Jewish community by commentaries on certain books of the Bible, he never seems to have accepted any rabbinical post. It has been suggested that the uniqueness of his opinions may have put obstacles in the way of his advancement to a higher position or office. He is known to have been at Avignon and Orange during his life, and is believed to have died in 1344, though Zacuto asserts that he died at Perpignan in 1370.
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