Mancha, José Luis (Author)
Freudenthal, Gad (Author)
Levi ben Gershom or Gersonides (1288-1344), one of the most original thinkers of the Middle Ages, devoted the first section of the fifth book of his Milhamot ha-Shem to an exposition of his astronomical system, which was based on his own observations and departed in many respects from prevailing views. Heir to a long tradition of criticism of Ptolemy, which he associated notably with al-Bitruji Book on the Configuration [of the World], but which reached him also through Maimonides' Guide and Averroes' Epitome of the Almagest, Gersonides tried to reconcile the physical and the mathematical descriptions of the heavenly motions and provide a true picture of the configuration of the world. The long chapters 43 and 44 of his Astronomy are devoted, respectively to the demonstration that neither Ptolemy's nor al-Bitruji's astronomical theories can be true. Critical editions of the Hebrew and Latin versions of chapter 43 are presented here, along with an annotated English translation.
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Gersonides and Spinoza on Conatus
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Lunar velocity in the Ptolemaic tradition
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(2008)
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Astronomical and astrological themes in the philosophical works of Levi Ben Gerson
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The physical astronomy of Levi ben Gerson
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