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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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Peter Adamson: When it came to understanding Aristotle, a Veroise was the man. Gersonides wrote commentaries on epitomies of Aristotelian logical writings in Latin and Hebrew. These exegetical works represent the high water mark of response to a Veroises among Jews. Inha Falira imagines a debate between a Jewish philosophically minded Jew and a religious scholar who thinks there is no contradiction between philosophy and faith.

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