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    Supports→The senses function hierarchically as a prolegomenon to any form of higher knowledge

    The senses range from the purely material (touch, taste, smell) to the increasingly spiritual (hearing, sight)

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    The above discussion is directly related to the way in which Judah’s envisages both psychology and prophecy. According to him, the five external senses divide into (1) those that are primarily material (materiali): touch (tatto), taste (gusto), and smell (odorato); and (2) those that are increasingly spiritual (spirituali): hearing (per l’audito) and sight (per l’occhi).[31] It seems that only the latter are able to penetrate behind the purely physical so as to abstract the spiritual from th

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