
HoP 169 - A Matter of Principles - Albo and Abravanel
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Judaism of Maimonides
The Muslim almohads chased Maimonides and many other Jews out of Andalusia. Constant pressure to convert was answered with polemical writings against rival faiths. In pursuing it, he was applying to his religion the lessons of philosophy. Like a demonstrative science, as defined by Aristotle, the Judaism would have a solid foundation in first principles.
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