The relationship between man and Cosmos: the contribution of Isaac Israeli
The relationship between man and Cosmos: the contribution of Isaac Israeli

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this work is to analyse the contribution of the Jewish doctorIsaac Israeli to the medieval reflection on the relationship between man andthe cosmos. To this end, starting from the methodological change proposed byal-Yabri for the study of classical Arabic philosophy, I question the usualcharacterization of the Jewish author as being merely an eclectic thinker, andindicate the most noteworthy aspects of his position. The philosophical textsthat have come down to us reveal a philosopher who participates in the greatdebates of his time, among them: the relation between philosophy andrevelation and the nature of the human intellect. Beyond the prophetic aspect,Israeli points to a special logic based on the ability to argue evoking images, auniversal way that facilitates the compression of a complex idea or promotesthe performance of an action

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