Medieval · 882–942
Who influenced Saadia Gaon?
Influences and legacy
First systematic Jewish philosopher: reason and revelation as twin sources of truth.
Saadia Gaon was influenced by Philo of Alexandria, and went on to influence Solomon ibn Gabirol. That is 2 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Saadia Gaon?
Saadia Gaon was a rabbi, philosopher and biblical commentator in the Abbasid Caliphate and the first major rabbinic figure to write extensively in Judeo-Arabic. He worked on Hebrew linguistics and Jewish law and defended rabbinic Judaism against the Karaites.
His Book of Beliefs and Opinions, written in the tradition of Jewish kalam, is the first systematic attempt to bring Jewish theology together with Greek philosophy.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Saadia Gaon?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Philo of Alexandria c. 20 BC – AD 50
Who did Saadia Gaon influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Saadia Gaon.
- Solomon ibn Gabirol c. 1021–1058
The line of teachers behind Saadia Gaon
The longest documented line of influence ending at Saadia Gaon runs 6 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Saadia Gaon
Indirect influences
- Through Philo of Alexandria: Plato
The second generation
- Through Solomon ibn Gabirol: Maimonides
Contemporaries of Saadia Gaon
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Saadia Gaon, with no direct line between them.
Saadia Gaon by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 15
- Thinkers downstream
- 140
- Wikipedia languages
- 35 — #51 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Saadia Gaon
- Who influenced Saadia Gaon?
- Philo of Alexandria.
- Who did Saadia Gaon influence?
- Solomon ibn Gabirol.
- When did Saadia Gaon live?
- 882–942. The map files Saadia Gaon under the medieval period.
- How rare is the Saadia Gaon card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Saadia Gaon in 35 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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