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HoP 164 - Man and Superman - Gersonides and the Jewish Reaction to Averroes

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Falha Keira's Averuism

Falha Keira's epistle of the debate is not a legal document, like Averuis' treatise was. He too cites scripture in support of philosophy, for instance from Deuteronomy. Falha Keira argues dialectically, trying to hit anti-philosophy legal scholars where it hurts. If this great Jewish legal mind could rouse such opposition, what would the community make of non-Jews with problematic teachings? Enter Gersonides. As an expert on Jewish law or halacha, he was well placed to judge Aristotle's compatibility with the Torah. And as an expert mathematician and astronomer, he passed judgment on the epistemology and science that came down through

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