tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post7789777511188743340..comments2022-05-15T11:52:41.828+03:00Comments on rabbisedley: Ralbag (Gersonides)rabbi sedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276453426346276243noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35481891.post-87139843367896296002012-07-06T04:13:25.734+03:002012-07-06T04:13:25.734+03:00To answer what you asked me...
The Ralbag makes a...To answer what you asked me...<br /><br />The Ralbag makes a statement about Omniscience. The Raavad makes a statement about prophecy. The Raavad could well believe that even though Hashem knows the future ("כ"ש הבורא שהיה יכול לומר כן בלא גזירה"), He doesn't tell people about it. Rather, nevu'ah spells out where current trends are pointing, not the future itself.<br /><br />I think the Raavad believes that free will is only a problem when people know, not when Hashem does.<br /><br />FWIW, my own take on the question revolves around realizing HQBH is lemaalah min hazeman rather than of infinite duration. Therefore, He doesn't know now what I will decide tomorrow because He doesn't "know now" -- or have a "now" to begin with! (This being a way to reach the Ohr Samayach's conclusion about how knowledge of the future is no more of a problem than knowledge of the past.<br /><br />This perspective is easier once Gaileo made hit pendulum formula that is a function of time, turning time from being a property of a process to an axis, a dimension, shared by all pendula -- and thus all processes. Once time is a dimension, it's easier to think about all of time vs outside of time. Easier in a relative sense, at least. (Pun intentional, sadly.)micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com