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For this reason, too, it will not be necessary for us to do more than give a brief résumé of the results of Gersonides's lucubrations without entering into the really bewildering and hair-splitting arguments and distinctions which make the book so hard on the reader.
Gersonides's view in this problem is very similar to that of Maimonides, and like him he sees in the discussions between Job and his friends the representative opinions held by philosophers in this important problem. There are three views, he says, concerning the nature of Providence. One is that God's providence extends only to species and not to individuals.
But this happens more rarely on account of the fact that a man endeavors naturally to see a good prophecy realized, whereas he does his best to counteract an evil prophecy. Gersonides's entire discussion of miracles shows a deep seated motive to minimize their extent and influence.
On the other hand, where the traditional dogma of Judaism is clear and outspoken, it is incumbent upon man to be modest and not to claim the infallibility of direct revelation for the limited powers of logical inference and deduction. We must now give a brief account of the questions discussed in the "Milhamot Adonai." And first a word about Gersonides's style and method.
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