Editing Jewish philosophy (section)

=== Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas ===
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[[Hasdai Crescas]], of Barcelona, was a leading rationalist on issues of natural law and free-will. His views  can be seen as precursors to [[Baruch Spinoza]]'s. His work, ''[[Or Adonai]]'', became a classic refutation of medieval [[Aristotelianism]], and harbinger of the scientific revolution in the 16th century. Hasdai Crescas was a student of [[Nissim ben Reuben]] Gerondi, who in turn was a student of Reuben ben Nissim Gerondi. Crescas was a rabbi and the head of the Jewish community of Aragon, and in some ways of all Hispanic Jewry, during one of its most critical periods.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sadik |first1=Shalom|authorlink=Shalom Sadik|title=Hasdai Crescas |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/crescas/ |website=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University |access-date=18 May 2021 |date=2020}}</ref> Among his fellow students and friends, his best friend was [[Isaac ben Sheshet]] Perfet.  Crescas' students won accolades as participants in the [[Disputation of Tortosa]].