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HoP 165 - Neither the Time Nor the Place - Hasdai Crescas

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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The Infinite Line on the Disk

Kreskis' new conception of infinity has implications for how we conceive of the physical universe. He sees no problem with supposing an infinite void around the cosmos, as Stoics had suggested in antiquity. Kreskis: Motions are indeed impeded and slowed down by the friction of the media they pass through - but this is never going to happen in the case of the rotation of the heavens. Why then do we need an infinite power to make them move?

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