Studies in the Physics and Metaphysics of Hasdai Crescas

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-90-5063-347-5
Verlag: Hotei Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 182 Seiten

Reihe: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Thought

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warren Zev, Harvey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Warren Zev Harvey is a member of the Department of Jewish Thought, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.