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    Anybody who meets certain requirements will automatically... — Carmelics
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    Anybody who meets certain requirements will automatically become a prophet.

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    • 1.Prophecy can be pursued by people with a pure soul through study and association with good people.
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    • 2.Prophecy is a natural process available to those who meet these conditions.
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    • 1.Maimonides holds that God retains the sovereign discretion to withhold prophecy even from a fully prepared individual, making it non-automatic.
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    • 2.Ibn Daud's naturalistic model collapses the distinction between divine grace and natural capacity, a distinction central to Jewish theological tradition.
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    • 1.Empirical history of prophecy shows morally exemplary and learned individuals who never attained prophetic experience, falsifying the sufficiency claim.
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    • 2.A condition being necessary for an outcome does not entail it is sufficient; purity of soul and study may be required without guaranteeing prophecy.
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    Prophecy is another important issue in Ibn Daud’s thought, as it is the prophet who is the link between the heavenly world and man. He is the person who—thanks to his specific knowledge—must guide man towards intellectual and moral perfection. Ibn Daud’s account of prophecy immediately follows his discussion of the intelligences, since it is the Active Intellect that plays a crucial role in the explanation of prophecy. This account has a twofold aim: firstly, to provide a rational explanation o
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