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Among rabbis of his generation, Heller was exceptionally well versed in the secular sciences.
His Talmudic works and his sermons show that he was interested in questions of arithmetic, astronomy, and natural science.
His notes on the Giv ' at ha Moreh of Joseph ben Isaac ha-Levi prove that he occupied himself with philosophy.
He praised the Me ' or ' Enayim of Azariah dei Rossi in spite of the anathema that his master, Judah ben Bezalel, whom he held in great esteem, had launched against the book and its author.
His statement on the universal dignity of humanity is also notable, as is his openness to study of works by non-Jews.
One of his sermons alludes to the “ new astronomy ” of Copernicus and Tycho Brahe.
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