Isaac Abravanel, fully Don Itshak ben Yehouda Abravanel

Isaac
Abravanel, fully Don Itshak ben Yehouda Abravanel
1437
1508

Rabbi, Statesman, Philosopher, Biblical Commentator and Financial Jew

Author Quotes

Experience is more forceful than logic.

Experience, Logic, Wisdom

The reward of the souls in the world beyond is their ability to attain the true concept of God which is a source of the most wonderful felicity, an attainment impossible for man in this early life because of the disturbances on the part of matter.

Ability, Attainment, God, Life, Life, Man, Reward, Wisdom, World, ability, God, life, world, man, reward

Success depends on faith and good deeds... not upon the knowledge of the proofs which lead to them.

Character, Deeds, Faith, Good, Knowledge, Success, faith, knowledge

The receiver of a gift is not the chooser.

Character, Wisdom, gift
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First Name
Isaac
Last Name
Abravanel, fully Don Itshak ben Yehouda Abravanel
Birth Date
1437
Death Date
1508
Bio

Rabbi, Statesman, Philosopher, Biblical Commentator and Financial Jew