Stars and the Moral Order: Beyond the Laws of Nature with Prof. Yemima Ben-Menahem

Modernity, Reason, and Human Finitude A Conference in Memory of Professor Yirmiyahu Yovel on the First Anniversary of his Passing First Session: Modernity – Philosophical Aspects Chair: Dr. Pini Ifergan, Bar-Ilan University; The Spinoza Center at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute - 0:05 Speaker: Prof. Yemima Ben-Menahem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - 2:24 The Stars and the Moral Imperative: Laws of Nature and What Lies Beyond In June 2018, we said our final farewell to Professor Yirmiyahu Yovel. Yovel was a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, recipient of the Israel Prize for Philosophy in 2000, founder of the Jerusalem Spinoza Center, and author of groundbreaking works on the thought of Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche. He also translated foundational philosophical masterpieces, including Spinoza’s *Ethics* and Kant’s *Critique of Pure Reason*. To mark the first anniversary of his passing, the Spinoza Center at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute is holding a memorial conference featuring leading scholars and intellectuals. The event will focus on Yovel’s innovative and rich philosophical legacy and his extensive body of work.

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