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Isaac Abarbanel

1437 - 1508

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Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל;‎ 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (Hebrew: אַבַּרבְּנְאֵל; also spelled Abravanel, Avravanel or Abrabanel), was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Abarbanel is the 330th most popular philosopher (up from 352nd in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Portugal (up from 77th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Portuguese Philosopher.

Isaac Abarbanel was a Jewish scholar and statesman who lived in Portugal during the time of the Inquisition. He is most famous for writing a book called "The Defense of the Jews" which is a response to the anti-semitic book "The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain" by the Spanish writer Nicholas de Sant'Anna.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Isaac Abarbanel ranks 330 out of 1,267. Before him are Gennadius Scholarius, Cleobulus, G. E. Moore, Uriel da Costa, Hugh of Saint Victor, and Giovanni Gentile. After him are Asanga, Juan Luis Vives, Martianus Capella, Han Yu, Jacobus Arminius, and Nicolai Hartmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1437, Isaac Abarbanel ranks 2. Before him is Elizabeth Woodville. After him are Elizabeth of Austria, Isabella of Bourbon, Annius of Viterbo, Filippo Buonaccorsi, and John IV, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1508, Isaac Abarbanel ranks 2. Before him is Ludovico Sforza. After him are Beatrice of Naples, René II, Duke of Lorraine, Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, Conrad Celtes, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Philip, Elector Palatine, Nephon II of Constantinople, Radu IV the Great, Lourenço de Almeida, and Nilus of Sora.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Isaac Abarbanel ranks 71 out of 633. Before him are Peter II of Portugal (1648), Álvaro Siza Vieira (1933), Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1428), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Jorge Sampaio (1939), and Uriel da Costa (1585). After him are Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Carmen Miranda (1909), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), Jorge Jesus (1954), Diogo Dias (1450), and Antonio Damasio (1944).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Portugal

Among philosophers born in Portugal, Isaac Abarbanel ranks 3. Before him are Orosius (375), and Uriel da Costa (1585). After him are Pedro da Fonseca (1528), and Eduardo Lourenço (1923).

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