The Music of the Celestial Spheres and the Songs of the Angels; A Debate about the Infallibility of Prophets in Late Medieval Jewish Philosophy
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maďarština
Original language name
A szférák zenéje és az angyalok éneke: Vita a próféták tévedhetetlenségéről a késő-középkori zsidó filozófiában
Original language description
Medieval Jewish philosophers committed to Aristotle's intellectual heritage rejected the Pythagorean idea that celestial spheres made sounds. However, a number of biblical passages suggested to the same Jewish philosophers that angels sang songs to honorGod in the heavens and since Maimonides suggested that "angels" in the Bible stand for the incorporeal intellects moving the celestial sphere, it was difficult to avoid the conclusion that the Bible accepted Pythagoras' doctrine of the celestial music.To put it simply, the question was whether Aristotle or the Bible was right. Interestingly enough, three important post-Maimonidean Jewish philosophers, Joseph Kaspi, Gersonides, and Moses Narboni argued that Aristotle was right and the Bible was wrong.Narboni presented an elaborate theory about the fallibility of prophets. Narboni's theory was received in late medieval Prague: Yomtov Lippmann Mühlhausen fiercely criticized it, whereas Menahem Shalem accepted its principles but modified
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
AB - History
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Continuities
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Tanulmányok az Eötvös Collegium 15 éves Filozófia Műhelyének tiszteletére
ISBN
978-963-89326-7-9
Number of pages of the result
21
Pages from-to
164-184
Number of pages of the book
290
Publisher name
Private
Place of publication
Budapest
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