Crescas
Americannoun
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Now, argues Crescas, whether the number of causes and effects is finite or infinite, there must be one cause of all of them which is not itself an effect.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
If Hasdai Crescas admits the infinite, the Aristotelian proof fails.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
The style is that of the popularizer and the homilist; and to this he owes his popularity, which was denied his more original teacher, Crescas.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
Against this Aristotelian one-sidedness Crescas emphasizes God's love and goodness for which the righteous yearn, and in whose pursuit man finds perfection and happiness.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
Later, however, he maintains that God's omniscience and man's freedom are absolutely incompatible, and solves the difficulty in a manner similar to that of Crescas by curtailing freedom as formerly understood.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
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