Crescas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
We shall see that Hasdai Crescas was more consistent, and admitted determinism.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
Having made this criticism of Maimonides's thirteen articles, Crescas proceeds to discuss every one of the eight true beliefs named at the beginning of the last paragraph.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
The work of Crescas, though it had no immediate success, ended in effecting its liberation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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
Defending Crescas was sure to hurt our reputation.
From Modus Vivendi by John Berryman
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
