by hadassah | Jan 29, 2024 | Philosophic Speculation
R. Joseph Albo, Sefer ha-`Ikarim Human happiness depends upon theoretical knowledge and practical conduct, as the Philosopher explains in the book On the Soul. But it is not possible by the human intellect alone to arrive at a proper knowledge of the true and...
by hadassah | Jan 29, 2024 | Philosophic Speculation
R. Hasdai Crescas, The Light of the Lord The basis of all faith and the taproot of all beginnings, that paves the way towards understanding the truth of the elements of the divine Torah, is the believe in the existence of God, the Blessed. Therefore the purpose...
by hadassah | Jan 29, 2024 | Philosophic Speculation
Illuminated Page from Fourteenth-Century Spanish Manuscript of the Hebrew Translation of Maimonides’s Guide for the Perplexed Cod. Heb. 37 from the Royal Library in Copenhagen, a Hebrew translation of Maimonides Guide of the Perplexed written originally in...
by hadassah | Apr 15, 2008 | Philosophic Speculation
Philosophic Speculation Jewish philosophic speculation represented yet another effort to reach a deeper understanding of Jewish texts and traditions. Unlike mystical speculation, philosophic speculation began with a distinct external challenge. As the fruits of...
