Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Jewish Thought & Philosophy
Angaben zur Quelle:
31,1 (2022) 57-72
Keywords:
Crescas, Hasdaï,
;
Levi ben Gershom,
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Free will and determinism Religious aspects
;
Judaism
;
Commandments (Judaism) Philosophy
Abstract:
Crescas’s position on human freedom is dialectically rooted in the philosophy of his medieval predecessor, Gersonides. Crescas accepts Gersonides’s view that although the celestial bodies influence human affairs, human beings have the ability to overcome their predetermined fate. However, Crescas rejects Gersonides’s premise that God only knows the universal aspect of the particular. Crescas contends that God’s commandments give their followers the means to obtain freedom from the effects of the heavenly bodies, without denying that practical deliberation is still required in order to actualize God’s promises, even if God knows how the individual will achieve the promised outcome.
DOI:
10.1163/1477285x-12341345
URL:
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