Crescas

[ kres-kuhs ]

noun

1. Has·dai [khahs, -dahy], 1340–1412?, Jewish philosopher and theologian, born in Spain.

Example Sentences

Especially do we find this to be the case in Crescas who opposes Aristotle on philosophic grounds.

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Hasdai Crescas criticised Maimonides's principle of selection as well as the list of dogmas, which he reduced to six.

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We shall see that Hasdai Crescas was more consistent, and admitted determinism.

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But even in his opposition Crescas leans on Maimonides's principles, which he takes up one by one and refutes.

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Accordingly Crescas defines unity as something essential to everything actually existing, denoting the absence of plurality.

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