ibn Gabirol

American  

[ib-uhn gah-bee-rawl] / ˌɪb ən gɑˈbi rɔl /

Or ibn-Gabiral

noun

1. Arabic name of Avicebrón.

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ibn-Gabirol British  

/ ˌɪbənˌɡɑːˈbiːrɔːl /

noun

1. Solomon. ?1021–?58, Jewish philosopher and poet, born in Spain. His work The Fountain of Life influenced Western medieval philosophers

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Example Sentences

The piece is a mixture of English translations of poems by the medieval Jewish scholars Solomon ibn Gabirol and Shmuel HaNagid, who both lived in Spain, and pieces by Federico García Lorca.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2016

He often said that he could feel the presence of one of the greatest of those poets, Solomon ibn Gabirol, hovering over his shoulder as he wrote.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2011

Solomon ibn Gabirol was not merely the first Jewish philosopher in Spain, he was the first Spanish philosopher, that is, he was the first philosophical writer in Andalusia.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Of his predecessors among the Jewish philosophers Ibn Ezra shows closest relation to Solomon ibn Gabirol.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

The first poet was Solomon ibn Gabirol, the author of "The Source of Life," a systematic exposition of Neoplatonic philosophy, a book of most curious fortunes.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Karpeles, Gustav