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The Aristotelian Theory of Chance and its Application in Gersonides’ Biblical Exegesis
- Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 16, Number 2, 2016
- pp. 367-405
- 10.2979/aleph.16.2.367
- Article
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One of Gersonides’ fundamental postulates in his biblical exegesis is the idea, developed by the Maimonidean school, that Scripture teaches Aristotelian doctrines related to physics, metaphysics, and anthropology. For Gersonides, this applies chiefly to what he learned from Averroes’ commentaries on Aristotle, supplemented by other theories he developed on his own in the
In a recent article I showed that Gersonides uses the Aristotelian theory of chance as a research tool that allows him to reach conclusions about the issues he investigated in his own philosophical and theological work, the