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Elijah Delmedigo
philosopher
Elijah Delmedigo (born 1460?, Candia, Crete [Greece]ādied 1497, Candia) was a Jewish philosopher known for his Beįø„inat ha-dat (āInvestigation of Religionā), in which he criticized the Kabbala (esoteric Jewish mysticism). He also translated some of the commentaries of AverroĆ«s and wrote a Latin commentary on Aristotleās Physics. He was a teacher of the Italian Platonist philosopher Pico della Mirandola and the great-grandfather of the scientist and philosopher Joseph Solomon Delmedigo.
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