Crescas
Americannoun
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This controversy aimed to determine the conception of God, either by Aristotelian rationalism, as represented by Maimonides, or by the positive religious assumptions of Crescas and others.
From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler
Crescas, we have seen, defends God's knowledge of particulars, hence he sees no difficulty in special providence on this score.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
And Joel shows moreover that Spinoza's final attitude to this question as found in his Ethics was the outcome of a gradual development, and the result of reading Crescas.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
Accordingly Crescas defines unity as something essential to everything actually existing, denoting the absence of plurality.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
We shall see that Hasdai Crescas was more consistent, and admitted determinism.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
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