  In the early stage of his  writing[16] Crescas accepted the opinion of Maimonides that the attributes of God do not have any relation to the attributes of humans, and indeed Crescas defended this position against the arguments of Gersonides. But in the later stage Crescas constructed a new opinion. This final opinion serves as an exemplar of Crescas’s use of compilation from different sources with the goal of constructing a new and original  theory.[17]