Monday, August 14, 2017

hashkafah philosophy - Did 'Rationalist' Rishonim naturalize miracles? If so, why?


In an answer to a different question, someone asserted that various Rishonim were led by their philosophic beliefs to believe that miracles which violated the natural order would reflect a flaw in the original plan of creation, and that this was why they tended to explain miracles in natural fashion. And that this was a well-known opinion among scholars.


Is this indeed the case? If so, can someone point to any Rishonim explicitly stating this? Or, can someone show (preferably from scholars) how an analysis of any of these Rishonim's explanations of miracles would lead to such a conclusion?




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