Abelleh: You can’t help arguing with rishonim and acharonim, even if you don’t say anything not first said by a rishon. There are enough disagreements that you have on whom to rely for almost any reasonable opinion (yeah, that’s almost a tautology. So sue me.) For example, let’s say you take the approach that you can’t argue with anyone earlier than you and you even have a rishon to support you, though I don’t know of any. You are then arguing against the Rambam who says you follow ?? ????? ???? ?? regardless of when he lived.
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