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Isaac Albalag

European Jewish philosopher
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Flourished:
13th century ad, northern Spain or southern France
Flourished:
c.1201 - c.1300
France
Spain
Subjects Of Study:
double-truth theory
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Isaac Albalag (flourished 13th century ad, northern Spain or southern France) was a Jewish philosopher who rendered a Hebrew translation of parts of the Maqāṣid al-falāsifah (“Aims of the Philosophers”), a review of doctrines of earlier thinkers by the Arabic philosopher al-Ghazālī, to which Albalag added his own views and comments. In defending philosophy against the accusation that it undermined religion, Albalag espoused the doctrine of the “double truth”—prophetic truth known through revelation and philosophic truth arrived at through reason. He believed philosophy and religion were in fundamental agreement but that religion was for the masses and philosophy for the ...(100 of 110 words)

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