Gershon ben Solomon of Arles

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Who is Gershon ben Solomon of Arles?

Gerson ben Solomon of Arles was a Provençal Jewish philosopher; he is said to be the father of Gersonides.

He was the author of "Sha'ar ha-Shamayim", a sort of encyclopedia divided into three parts, treating: of natural phenomena, metals, plants, animals, and man; of astronomy, principally extracted from Alfergani and the Almagest; and of metaphysics, taken from the Moreh Nebukim of Maimonides.

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