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Subject: 17th century jewish philosophy; origins of modern physics
Category: Science
Asked by: tortu-ga
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Posted: 13 Apr 2003 10:41 PDT
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Question ID: 189973
In what context -- book, essay, etc. -- did Rabbi Liva ben Bezalel say
"Time is only a form of matter and consists of movement"?
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Subject: Re: 17th century jewish philosophy; origins of modern physics
From: mathtalk-ga on 14 Apr 2003 05:18 PDT
 
Hi, tortu-ga:

Rabbi Liva ben Bezalel is also known as Rabbi Low.  He died in 1609
and is perhaps best known in secular contexts for the legend of
"Golem", a soulless man-made creature that prefigures "robots" of
classical science fiction.

regards, mathtalk-ga
Subject: Re: 17th century jewish philosophy; origins of modern physics
From: mathtalk-ga on 15 Apr 2003 05:58 PDT
 
The translation which I cited in my answer (which I asked the GA
editors to remove) is offered for sale ($15) here:

http://www.judaicabooks.net/cgi-bin/shj455/000000000004724.html?id=tB4SLRii

regards, mathtalk
Subject: Re: 17th century jewish philosophy; origins of modern physics
From: fireangel-ga on 07 Apr 2004 09:57 PDT
 
In the begining of Rambam's philosophy he mentions that time and space
are connected and that time is relative to movement. The first time I
read that it shocked me.  I am sure there are many other examples of
this

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