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Philosophy & Social Sciences

Moses Hayyim Luzzatto

Who

Moses Hayyim Luzzatto · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Philosopher, ethicist and poet; author of the ethical classic 'Mesillat Yesharim' (The Path of the Just) and works on logic

When

1707, Padua, Italy — 1746, Acre, Ottoman Galilee

Where

Padua · Amsterdam · Acre

Biography

Moses Hayyim Luzzatto is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Philosopher, ethicist and poet; author of the ethical classic 'Mesillat Yesharim' (The Path of the Just) and works on logic

How & why

Luzzatto (the Ramchal) was an Italian Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, poet and ethicist. His ethical classic 'Mesillat Yesharim' (The Path of the Just) became one of the most widely studied works of Jewish moral instruction, and his treatises on logic and rhetoric renewed Hebrew literary style. His Jewish identity is central: he was a rabbinic scholar working within the Jewish mystical and ethical tradition.

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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia

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Philosopher, ethicist and poet; author of the ethical classic 'Mesillat Yesharim' (The Path of the Just) and works on logic

1707 CE

Source: Jewish Encyclopedia