Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Solomon Ibn Gabirol was an Andalusian-Hebrew philosopher and poet from the 11th century, who left behind a body of work that contains profound meditations on the nature of the sacred and the relationship between the human subject and divinity. These poetic writings on himself are far from solipsistic; rather, through the lens of selfhood, Solomon Ibn Gabirol works to understand the transcendental and mystical realms as experiences that are inseparable from an individual’s personal reality. For his ability to portray the grand majesty of the cosmos through the complexity of the individual, Solomon Ibn Gabirol has been acclaimed for almost a millennium.