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Dominicus Gundissalinus

1115 - 1190

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Dominicus Gundissalinus, also known as Domingo Gundisalvi or Gundisalvo (c. 1115 – after 1190), was a philosopher and translator of Arabic to Medieval Latin active in Toledo, Spain. Among his translations, Gundissalinus worked on Avicenna's Liber de philosophia prima and De anima, Ibn Gabirol's Fons vitae, and al-Ghazali's Summa theoricae philosophiae, in collaboration with the Jewish philosopher Abraham Ibn Daud and Johannes Hispanus. As a philosopher, Gundissalinus crucially contributed to the Latin assimilation of Arabic philosophy, being the first Latin thinker in receiving and developing doctrines, such as Avicenna's modal ontology or Ibn Gabirol's universal hylomorphism, that would soon be integrated into the thirteenth-century philosophical debate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dominicus Gundissalinus is the 1,001st most popular philosopher (down from 898th in 2019), the 1,166th most popular biography from Spain (down from 989th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Spanish Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Dominicus Gundissalinus ranks 1,001 out of 1,267. Before him are Anniceris, Evald Ilyenkov, Tariq Ramadan, Jacques Cujas, Ram Dass, and Jaime Balmes. After him are Robert Anton Wilson, Herbert Feigl, Ernst Tugendhat, Thomas Arnold, Richard Swinburne, and Critolaus.

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Among people born in 1115, Dominicus Gundissalinus ranks 7. Before him are Magnus IV of Norway, Raymond of Poitiers, Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, Gertrude of Süpplingenburg, Theodore Prodromos, and Welf VI. After him are Henry of Scotland, and Erling Skakke. Among people deceased in 1190, Dominicus Gundissalinus ranks 14. Before him are Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Anvari, Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, Saigyō, and Theodore Balsamon. After him is William of Newburgh.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Dominicus Gundissalinus ranks 1,166 out of 3,355. Before him are Gonzalo Torrente Ballester (1910), Manolo el del bombo (1949), Carmen Laforet (1921), Ángel Sanz Briz (1910), Pedro Tafur (1410), and Jaime Balmes (1810). After him are Gonzalo de Berceo (1197), Dani Olmo (1998), Dominic of Silos (1000), Félix de Azara (1742), Alex Soler-Roig (1931), and José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Spain

Among philosophers born in Spain, Dominicus Gundissalinus ranks 34. Before him are Gómez Pereira (1500), Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), Ramiro Ledesma Ramos (1905), Bahya ibn Paquda (1050), Fernando Savater (1947), and Jaime Balmes (1810). After him are Julián Marías (1914).

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