Gersonides
Gersonides | |
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| Born | Levi ben Gershon (לוי בן גרשון) 1288 |
| Died | 1344 (aged 55–56) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Medieval philosophy |
| Region | Jewish philosophy |
| Main interests | Religious philosophy, mathematics |
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.