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Moses of Narbonne

Moses ben Joshua of Narbonne, also known as Moses of Narbonne, mestre Vidal Bellshom, maestro Vidal Blasom, and Moses Narboni, was a medieval Jewish philosopher and physician born in Perpignan in the Kingdom of Majorca at the end of the thirteenth century. He died sometime after 1362. He began studying philosophy with his father when he was thirteen and then studied with Moses and Abraham ben David Caslari. He studied medicine and eventually became a successful physician, and was well versed in Biblical and rabbinic literature.

Known writings
• "Perush mi-Millot ha-Higgayon," on the terminology of Maimonides' Treatise on Logic • commentary on the "Guide for the Perplexed" • "Ma'amar Alexander be-Sekel," supercommentary on Averroes' commentary on Alexander of Aphrodisias' work on the intellect • a commentary on Averroes' "middle" commentary on Aristotle's "Physics" • a commentary on Averroes' paraphrase of the "Organon" • a commentary on the fourth part of Avicenna's "Canon" • a commentary on al-Ghazali's "Maqaṣid al-Falasifah" • "Iggeret 'Al-Shi'ur Qomah," a mystical letter on the "Shi'ur Qomah," attributed to Rabbi Ishmael • a commentary on the Book of Lamentations • a commentary on Averroes' treatise on the hylic intellect and the possibility of conjunction • "Shelemut ha-Nefesh," a collection of Aristotle's and Averroes' writings on the soul • a commentary on Averroes' dissertation on physics and on the treatise "De Substantia Orbis" • "Kitab Ḥai ben Yaqdhan," commentary on the philosophical novel of Ibn Tufayl • "Oraḥ Ḥayyim," a treatise on medicine • "Ma'amar bi-Beḥirah," a treatise on free will written in refutation of Abner of Burgos • a commentary on Averroes' commentary on the "De Cœlo et Mundo" • a treatise on metaphysics • "Pirḳe Mosheh," philosophical aphorisms • "Iggeret Meyuḥedet," on Abraham ibn Ezra's commentary on Genesis 11:2 == References ==
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