Crescas
Americannoun
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We see here that Crescas is interested in discrediting the logic chopping of the philosophers.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
Like Judah Halevi, Crescas took his inspiration from Algazali, whose point of view appealed to him more than that of Maimonides and Gersonides, who may be classed with Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
Thus the criticism of Crescas leads at once to a radically different theology than that of Maimonides, and one which appeals far more to our own religious thought.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
Here Crescas takes up the problem and points out that whether we accept or not an eternal "hyle," everything that exists must be dependent upon God as the only necessary existent.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
Hasdai Crescas went still farther and entirely repudiated the authority of Aristotle, substituting will and emotion for rationalism and logical inference.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
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