Studies in the Physics and Metaphysics in Hasdai Crescas by Warren Zev Harvey
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- Pub. Date: February 1998
- 168pp
- Sales Rank: 556,578
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: February 1998
- Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 168pp
- Sales Rank: 556,578
- Series: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Thought
- ISBN-13: 9789050633475
- ISBN: 9050633471
Synopsis
This book examines central themes in the thought of Rabbi Hasdai Crescas (c. 1340-1410/11), the great Catalan Jewish philosopher who contributed to the revolution of modern science and profoundly influenced Spinoza. Part I treats of Crescas' radical critique of the Aristotelian concepts of space, time, and the vacuum, and analyzes his vision of an infinite universe; it discusses his criticisms of Maimonides' proofs of God, and expounds his own proof; and it concludes with a discussion of his concept of God as infinite Love. Part II contains essays on Crescas' strictly deterministic theory of human choice.
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