PHILOSOPHER

Bahya ibn Paquda

1050 - 1120

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Bahyā ibn Pāqudā (Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, Pekudah, Bakuda; Judeo-Arabic: בחיי אבן פקודה, Arabic: بهية بن فاقودا), c. 1050–1120, was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived in the Taifa of Zaragoza in al-Andalus (now Spain). He was one of two people now known as Rabbeinu Behaye, the other being the Bible commentator Bahya ben Asher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bahya ibn Paquda is the 927th most popular philosopher (down from 866th in 2019), the 1,053rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 930th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 927 out of 1,267. Before him are Martin Lings, J. M. E. McTaggart, Nikolay Lossky, Sopater of Apamea, Antipater of Tarsus, and Hermogenes of Tarsus. After him are Ajita Kesakambali, Erich Neumann, Tomáš Halík, Patricia Churchland, Michael Löwy, and Édouard Le Roy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1050, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 22. Before him are Muhammad I of Khwarazm, Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Berthold II, Duke of Swabia, Li Tang, and Ingvar the Far-Travelled. After him are Domenico Michiel, Sophia of Hungary, Anselm of Laon, Welf, Duke of Carinthia, Isaac Komnenos, and Ioane Petritsi. Among people deceased in 1120, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 7. Before him are Blessed Gerard, William Adelin, Albert of Aix, Ingegerd of Norway, Welf II, Duke of Bavaria, and Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut. After him is Eadmer.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 1,053 out of 3,355. Before him are Count Theodosius (310), Sandro Rosell (1964), Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily (1343), Maria de Luna (1353), Louis Bertrand (1526), and Nieves Navarro (1938). After him are Josep Maria Subirachs (1927), Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (984), Xavier Montsalvatge (1912), Joaquín Sabina (1949), Julieta Serrano (1933), and Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Bahya ibn Paquda ranks 31. Before him are Joseph Albo (1380), Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (1676), Francisco Sanches (1550), Gómez Pereira (1500), Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), and Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905). After him are Fernando Savater (1947), Jaime Balmes (1810), Dominicus Gundissalinus (1115), and Julián Marías (1914).

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