AVICEBRON
\ˈava͡ɪsbɹən], \ˈavaɪsbɹən], \ˈa_v_aɪ_s_b_ɹ_ə_n]\
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properly Solomon ben Jehuda ibn Gabirol. A celebrated Hebrew poet and philosopher; born at Cordova, about 1028; died about 1058. Of his poetical works, "The Royal Crown" is the most famous; of the philosophical, "The Fountain of Life", written in Arabic, but known only through a Latin translation (re-edited, Munster, 1895).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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