
HoP 166 - Tamar Rudavsky on Gersonides and Crescas
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Gersonides' Argument for the Finite Divisibility of Time
In book six, he provides us with about a dozen very carefully worked out arguments having to do with the finite divisibility of time. He really takes on the whole theory of the continuum, infinite divisibility and why it is that an infinite sequence can't be infinitely divided. And so what we have is sustained analytic argument that probably I think I would say the first example of sustained analytic argument in Jewish philosophy.
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