A. D. Gordon
Russian-Jewish philosopher, worker, and educator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aaron David Gordon (Hebrew: אהרן דוד גורדון; 9 June 1856 – 22 February 1922), more commonly known as A. D. Gordon, was a Labour Zionist thinker and the spiritual force behind practical Zionism and Labor Zionism. He founded Hapoel Hatzair, a movement that set the tone for the Zionist movement for many years to come. Influenced by Leo Tolstoy and others, it is said that in effect he made a religion of labor. Gordon moved to Ottoman Palestine in 1904, at age 48, where he was revered by younger Zionist pioneers for leading by example.
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אהרן דוד גורדון | |
Born | Aaron David Gordon June 9, 1856 |
Died | February 22, 1922(1922-02-22) (aged 65) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western Philosophy |
School | Existential philosophy, Labor Zionism |
Main interests | Ethics, epistemology, Jewish philosophy |
Notable ideas | Direct Experience (Hebrew: חוויה, Chavaya) vs Consciousness |
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