[Avodah] Ibn Ezra on the Moon

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 5:31am GMT, RAM <kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:
: If anyone questions whether "Abenezra" is really named for
: "Ibn Ezra", the crater's Wikipedia article cites a reference
: to http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov ...

"Aben" and "Aven" are common Latinizations of "ibn".

Ibn Geveirol's (Gabirol, Arabic: Gibran) Meqor Chaim only survived as
Abicebron's Fons Vitae. There were centuries in which the Catholics
thought it was one of /there/ philosophical texts!

The mix of Neoplatonism and Aristotilianism one finds in Meqor Chaim
and Moreh Nevuchim is probably due to both authors relying on Averroe's
translation of Aristo's Metaphysics, which accidentally included parts
of Plotinus's Enneads. Averroe - the Moslem philosopher, Ibn Rushd, lived
in Cardoba during the Golden Age.

Another Moslem philosopher, ibn Sina, became Avicenna. His ideas make
several appearances in the Moreh.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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