HoP 156 - Sarah Pessin on Jewish Neoplatonism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Society & Culture:philosophy

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🗓️ 29 December 2013

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Peter chats with Sarah Pessin about the Neoplatonism of Jewish philosophers such as Isaac Israeli, Ibn Gabirol, and Maimonides.

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0:00.0	And the Hi, I'm Peter Adamson, and you're listening to the History of Philosophy podcast brought to you with the support of the LMU in Munich online at
0:28.9	www history of philosophy.net. Today's episode will be an interview about Jewish Neoplatinism with Sarah Pessen, who is
0:38.1	Emile and Ava Hecht chair in Judeic studies and Associate Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Thought at the University of Denver.
0:45.6	Hi Sarah.
0:46.6	Hi there.
0:47.6	Thanks for coming on the podcast.
0:49.6	Thank you so much for including me.
0:51.5	I guess the first thing I should ask you is who are the Jewish
0:54.9	Neoplatinists so I've said a little bit about Jewish philosophy already in the
0:59.7	podcast series and I certainly talked a lot about neoplatinism.
1:03.6	I did mention one philosopher already early on, who's pretty clearly a Jewish neoplatinist,
1:09.6	Isaac Israeli, and more recently another one in Gaby role.
1:13.6	Do you see them as the two leading Jewish Neoplatinists?
1:17.2	Yes, absolutely.
1:18.5	I think people use the expression Jewish Neoplatinists to sometimes talk of other thinkers, but I would definitely say that Isaac Israeli and Solomon I Abbun Gaborol really encapsulate I think what what that term best means. I might also include Abraham Ibn Ezra and Abraham
1:36.4	Ibn Khazdai also bears some in some of his works some elements that might
1:41.8	include him as well. but those I think again
1:44.1	Israeli and Ibn Gabi role would probably be my two main choices I'll probably
1:49.2	get on to talk about Abraham and Esra later on.
1:52.5	Do you want to just say a little bit about Ibn Hasdi?
1:54.7	Because I haven't mentioned him yet.
1:56.6	Ibn Khazda's work, again, not all of it would be,
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