Studies in the Physics and Metaphysics of Hasdai Crescas
Studies in the Physics and Metaphysics of Hasdai Crescas

Author: Harvey Warren Zev

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-03-27

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9004453903

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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 three essays on Crescas' strictly deterministic theory of human choice.

Physics and Metaphysics in Ḥasdai Crescas
Physics and Metaphysics in Ḥasdai Crescas

Author: Warren Harvey

Publisher: J.C. Gieben

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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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 three essays on Crescas' strictly deterministic theory of human choice.

The Philosophy of Don Hasdai Crescas
The Philosophy of Don Hasdai Crescas

Author: Meyer Waxman

Publisher: Columbia University Oriental Studies

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Looks at the philosophies of Hasdai Crescas during the 1300's who swam against the current of the words of his contemporaries. He opposed the speculative reasoning of Aristotle and dared to criticize the introduction of Aristotelian views into the religious philosophy of his own people.

Hasdai Crescas on Codification, Cosmology and Creation
Hasdai Crescas on Codification, Cosmology and Creation

Author: Ari Ackerman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9004518657

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This work focuses on the conception of God of the medieval Jewish philosopher and legal scholar, Hasdai Crescas (1340-1410/11). It demonstrates that Crescas’ God is infinitely creative and good and explores the parallel that Crescas implicitly draws between God as creator and legislator.

Crecas' Critique of Aristotle
Crecas' Critique of Aristotle

Author: Harry Wolfson

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-02-25

Total Pages: 779

ISBN-13: 900438555X

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"Text and translation of the twenty-five porpositions of Book 1 of the Or Adonal": p. [129]-315.

Crescas' Critique of Aristotle
Crescas' Critique of Aristotle

Author: Harry Austryn Wolfson

Publisher: Brill

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 792

ISBN-13:

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"Text and translation of the twenty-five porpositions of Book 1 of the Or Adonal": p. [129]-315.

Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem)
Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem)

Author:

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-11-10

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 0191037893

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This volume is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord. Light of the Lord is widely acknowledged as a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy and second in importance only to Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. Crescas takes on not only Maimonides but, through him, Aristotle, and challenges views of physics and metaphysics that had become entrenched in medieval thought. Once the Aristotelian underpinnings of medieval thought are dislodged, Crescas introduces alternative physical views and reinstates the classical Jewish God as a God of love and benefaction rather than a self-intellecting intellect. The end for humankind then is to become attached in love to the God of love through devoted service.

Crescas: Light of the Lord (or Hashem)
Crescas: Light of the Lord (or Hashem)

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780192894052

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This is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord, a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy. Crescas challenges the Aristotelian underpinnings of medieval thought, introduces alternative physical and metaphysical theories, and presents service to the God of love and benefaction as the goal for humankind.

Studies in the History of Culture and Science
Studies in the History of Culture and Science

Author: Resianne Fontaine

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-11-11

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 9004191232

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An hommage to Gad Freudenthal, this volume offers studies on the history of science and on the role of science in medieval and early-modern Jewish cultures, investigating various aspects of processes of knowledge transfer and scientific cross-cultural contacts,

Light of the Lord (or Hashem)
Light of the Lord (or Hashem)

Author: Ḥasdai Crescas

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 0198724896

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This is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord, a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy. Crescas challenges the Aristotelian underpinnings of medieval thought, introduces alternative physical and metaphysical theories, and presents service to the God of love and benefaction as the goal for humankind.