The Death of the Heavens: Crescas and Spinoza on the Uniformity of the World

Mots-clés : Hasdai Crescas, Baruch Spinoza, Infinity, Divin Essence, Created World

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The paper examines the roles of Crescas and Spinoza in the transition from the medieval to the modern conception of the universe. Crescas is presented as an illustrative example of the tension between Aristotelianism and revealed religion and how the latter brings about the dissolution of the former, thus paving the way for the modern conception of the universe. It is then showed how this modern conception is embodied in Spinoza’s thought, which radicalizes some of its defining traits. This radicalization undermines the traditional conception of the Deus absconditus and leads in Spinoza to the replacement of religion by philosophy as the true divine revelation.

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2024-03-14
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Sánchez de León Serrano, J. M. (2024). The Death of the Heavens: Crescas and Spinoza on the Uniformity of the World. Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 41(1), 183-194. https://doi.org/10.5209/ashf.88141
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Monográfico Hasdai Crescas