Truth and Lies in a Jewish Sense. Maimonides’ "Treatise on Logic" on "Vision deleytable"

Abstract

The author of the Visión deleytable practiced the ironic-esoteric art of writing. This article demonstrates basically two thesis: (1) Alfonso de la Torre was without question a Jewish writer, and his books constitutes a magnificent and insuperable expression of literary and philosophical marranism. Alfonso de la Torre was a Jewish master of the secret and irony. Marranism and secret are likewise both touchstone in Maimonides’ thought, whose influence in Alfonso de la Torre’s work became decisive, mostly regarding the philosophical-political sphere. (2) For these reasons, this article proves that the author of Visión deleytable, not only was a perfect connoisseur of Guide for the Perplexed; the influence of the Sefardí reaches further. Alfonso de la Torre’s book incorporates other Maimonides’ books like The Art of Logic, Epistle about forced conversion or Epistle to Yemen