Author: Israel I. EfrosPublisher: Ardentmedia, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780697000378
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Problem of Space in Jewish Medieval Philosophy
Author: Israel I. EfrosPublisher: Ardentmedia, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780697000378
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy
Author: Israel EfrosPublisher:
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Category : Jewish philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy
Author: Israel EfrosPublisher: Ardent Media
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Languages : en
Pages : 138
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The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy (Classic Reprint)
Author: Israel Isaac EfrosPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332137667
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Excerpt from The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy Such are the difficulties which present themselves in connexion with the notion of space. The deeper the mind delves into the problem, the greater the tangle. It is one of the sphinxes in the deserts of thought. From the dawn of Speculation we find Space to be one of the most promi nent objects of investigation; Zeno, Plato, and Aristotle bent their great intellects on the solution of space colossal systems of science were reared on the notion of space. Yet the meaning of space has remained a mystery till the present day. Indeed, the difficulties seem to increase with the time. It would' be preposterous of course to claim that the Jews were cognizant of all these difficulties that the modern era has introduced. If we turn to examine the views on space maintained by the two greatest of Greek thinkers, who had such an enormous influence on Jewish thought, we will get a notion of the type of problems that we will have to deal with in the following chapters. In addition, it will present us the sources and the starting-point for the views that are to be discussed in this study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy
Author: The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy
Author: Efros IsraelPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780526826049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy
Author: Israel EfrosPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230374239
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Languages : en
Pages : 36
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...contradictory to speak of an existing infinite number. Infinite divisibility denotes a process, but not a state. Such is the solution of Gersonides. It rids us at once of the haunting ghost of Zeno which continued to appear as soon as we had infinite divisibility on our lips. Gersonides showed us how to make of it an intelligible theory. We are now ready to draw a line under the first general inquiry of our work. The problems that so far occupied our attention are connected with the conception of empirical space, i. e. with that part of space which has.embodied itself in concrete tangible matter, and has become therefore an object of experience. We have seen how the Jewish thinkers never doubted the independent objective reality of space as presented to their senses. They differed as to its ontological importance in the make-up of things, they took issues as to its accidental or substantial nature, but no one questioned its independent existence. Thus the Kantian view of the subjectivity of space, which puts all extensity at the mercy of our senses, is far removed from the Jewish standpoint. Some thinkers, we have seen, even go to the extreme in maintaining that space is the sum and substance of all material existence, the substantial groundwork of all things. Perhaps this distinctly empirical standpoint is somewhat responsible for the general Jewish opposition to Arabian atomism with its assumption of a real yet spaceless particle as the basis of the material world. At any rate, Jewish thinkers all upheld the indestructibility of extension by means of division, that space is infinitely divisible--a theory the tremendous difficulties of which were altogether removed by Gersonides, who showed that the notion of infinite divisibility...
The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy
Author: Yiśraʼel EfratThe Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy
Author: Israel EfrosPublisher:
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Category : Jewish philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 125
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The Problem of Space in Jewish Mediaeval Philosophy
Author: Israel Isaac EfrosPublisher:
ISBN: 9780231940108
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Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Looks at Mediaeval Jewish Philosophies over a period of five centuries of Jewish intellect. Examines the idea of space as the extensity of things, the idea of the external world.