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Born 1120 • Granada • Spain
Died c.1190 • Marseille • France
Notable Family Members son Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon
Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
Joseph Kimhi
European grammarian
Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
Bar Hebraeus
Syrian philosopher
Michael Scot
Scottish scholar
Domingo Gundisalvo
Spanish philosopher
Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon
Jewish astronomer, physician, and translator
Judah ben Solomon Harizi
Spanish-Jewish poet
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
German-Jewish philosopher and scholar
Profiat Duran
Spanish philosopher
Aquila
ancient biblical scholar
Dimitry Levitzky: portrait of Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot
French philosopher
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and theologian
Haim Naḥman Bialik.
Haim Naḥman Bialik
Russian-Jewish writer

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