PHILOSOPHER

Gersonides

1288 - 1344

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gersonides is the 547th most popular philosopher (up from 571st in 2019), the 1,682nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,766th in 2019) and the 71st most popular French Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Gersonides ranks 547 out of 1,267. Before him are Ammonius Hermiae, Salomon Maimon, Luis de Molina, Albert of Saxony, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, and P. D. Ouspensky. After him are Georg Henrik von Wright, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Clitomachus, William of Champeaux, Crantor, and Zhou Dunyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1288, Gersonides ranks 6. Before him are Orhan, Charles I of Hungary, Ivan I of Moscow, Emperor Go-Daigo, and Emperor Go-Fushimi. After him is Mahmoud Shabestari. Among people deceased in 1344, Gersonides ranks 2. Before him is Simone Martini. After him are Chunghye of Goryeo, Amda Seyon I, Constantine II, King of Armenia, Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, Walter Burley, and Leopold II, Duke of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gersonides ranks 1,682 out of 6,770. Before him are Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1165), Audrey Tautou (1976), Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (1654), Yolande of Valois (1434), Hugh of Cluny (1024), and Roger Lemerre (1941). After him are Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), Everard des Barres (1113), Elliott Erwitt (1928), Paul Gachet (1828), and Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Gersonides ranks 71. Before him are Pierre Duhem (1861), Petrus Ramus (1515), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), Victor Cousin (1792), and Michel Serres (1930). After him are William of Champeaux (1070), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Étienne-Gabriel Morelly (1717), Pierre Charron (1541), Georges Canguilhem (1904), and Jean Hyppolite (1907).

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