Solomon ibn Gabirol, also Solomon ben Judah (Hebrew: שלמה בן יהודה אבן גבירול, Shelomo ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol; Arabic: أبوأيوب سليمان بن يحيى بن جبيرول, Abu Ayyūb Suleiman ibn Yahya ibn Jabirūl; Latin: Avicebron, a corruption of Ibn Gibran), was an Andalusian Hebrew poet and Jewish philosopher with a Neoplatonic bent. He was born in Málaga about 1021; died about 1058 in Valencia.
Read more about Solomon Ibn Gabirol: Biography, Restorer of Neoplatonism, Identity With Avicebron, Fons Vitæ, Reconciling Neoplatonism With Jewish Theology, Effect Upon His Successors, Influence On Scholasticism, Ethical Treatise
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