- Shem-Tov ibn Falaquera
Shem-Tov ben Joseph ibn Falaquera, also spelled Palquera (1225 – c. 1290) (
Hebrew : שם טוב בן יוסף אבן פלקירה) was a Spanish philosopher and poet. He was well versed in Arabic andGreek philosophy , and had a fine critical sense. Falaquera unfortunately gives no information concerning his own personality.Works
* "Iggeret Hanhagat ha-Guf we ha-Nefesh", a treatise in verse on the control of the body and the soul.
* "Ẓeri ha-Yagon", on resignation and fortitude under misfortune.
Cremona , 1550.* "Iggeret ha-Wikkuaḥ", a dialogue between an orthodox Jew and a philosopher on the harmony of philosophy and religion, being an attempt to prove that not only the
Bible , but even theTalmud , is in perfect accord with philosophy.Prague , 1810.*"Reshit Ḥokmah", treating of moral duties (and giving the so-called "ethical epistles" of
Aristotle ), of the sciences, and of the necessity of studying philosophy. In this Shem-Ṭob treats of the philosophy of Aristotle andPlato . This and the preceding work have been translated intoLatin (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, MS. Latin, No. 6691A).* "Sefer ha-Ma'alot", on the different degrees of human perfection; ed. L. Venetianer, 1891.
* "Ha-Mebaḳḳesh", a survey of human knowledge in the form of a dialogue in rimed prose interspersed with verse. This work is a remodeling of the "Reshit Ḥokmah".
Amsterdam , 1779.* "Sefer ha-Nefesh", a psychological treatise according to the Arabian
Peripatetics , especiallyAvicenna .Brody , 1835.* "Moreh ha-Moreh", commentary on the philosophical part of the "Moreh Nebukim" (Guide to the Perplexed) of
Maimonides , with an appendix containing corrections of the Hebrew translation ofSamuel ibn Tibbon .Presburg , 1837.* Letter in defense of the "Moreh Nebukim", which had been attacked by several French rabbis; published in the "Minḥat Ḳena'ot".
Presburg , 1838.* Extracts from
Ibn Gabirol 's "Meḳor Ḥayyim", published bySolomon Munk in his "Mélanges de Philosophie Juive et Arabe".Paris , 1859.* "De'ot ha-Filusufim", containing Aristotle's "Physics and Metaphysics" according to
Ibn Roshd 's interpretations (Steinschneider, "Cat. Hebr. MSS." Leyden, No. 20).* "Iggeret ha-Musar", a compilation of ethical sentences (comp. "Orient, Lit." 1879, p. 79).
* "Megillat ha-Zikkaron", a historical work, no longer in existence, quoted in the "Mebaḳḳesh".
* "Iggeret ha-Ḥalom", a treatise on
dreams , mentioned in "Moreh ha-Moreh", iii, ch. 19, p. 131.Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
*
Salomon Munk , "Mélanges de Philosophie Juive et Arabe", pp. 494-496;
*Ernest Renan , "Averroès et l'Averroïsme", pp. 183, 187;
*David Kaufmann , "Studien über Salomon ibn Gabirol" 1899, pp. 1-3;
*Moritz Steinschneider , "Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana" cols. 2537-2548;
*idem, "Hebräische Übersetzungen", pp. 8, 18, 37, 356, 380, 422;
*Moritz Güdemann , "Das Jüdische Unterrichtswesen", i. 155-157;
*Heinrich Grätz , "Geschichte der Juden", vii. 219 et seq.;
*Mattityahu Strashun , "Pirḥe Ẓafon ", i. 46;
*L. Venetianer , Semtob ibn Fala-Kéra, in Magyar Zsido Szemle, 1890, viii. 74-82, 144-155
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* [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/falaquera/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera]
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