Hasdai Crescas

1340 - 1410,1412

country of citizenship: Crown of Aragon

native language: Catalan

languages spoken, written or signed: Catalan, Aragonese, Hebrew

occupation: philosopher, theologian, rabbi

student of: Nissim of Gerona, Jonah de Maistre

influenced by: Aristotle, Moshe ben Maimon, Nicole Oresme, Duns Scotus

Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas (Catalan: [həzˈðaj ˈβeɲ ʒuˈða ˈkɾeskəs]; Hebrew: חסדאי קרשקש; c. 1340 in Barcelona – 1410/11 in Zaragoza) was a Spanish-Jewish philosopher and a renowned halakhist (teacher of Jewish law). Along with Maimonides ("Rambam"), Gersonides ("Ralbag"), and Joseph Albo, he is known as one of the major practitioners of the rationalist approach to Jewish philosophy. Source: Wikipedia (en)