The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides

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Kenneth Seeskin
Cambridge University Press, 26 sep. 2005 - 406 sidor
Moses ben Maimon, known to English speaking audiences as Maimonides (1138-1204), represents the high point of Jewish rationalism in the middle ages and played a pivotal role in the transition of philosophical interest from the Islamic East to the Christian West. His greatest philosophical work, The Guide of the Perplexed had a decisive impact on all subsequent Jewish thought and is still the subject of intense scholarly debate. The twelve essays in this volume by recognized scholars offer a comprehensive interpretation of his life and thought.
 

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An Intellectual Portrait
10
The Guide and Maimonides Philosophical
58
Metaphysics and Its Transcendence
82
Maimonides Epistemology
105
Maimonides Philosophy of Science
134
Maimonides Moral Theory
167
Maimonides Political Philosophy
193
Bible Commentary
245
Spiritual Life
273
Esotericism and Educational
300
Maimonides A Guide for Posterity
324
Bibliography
361
Index
391
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Kenneth Seeskin is a Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University and winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award. He is the author of Jewish Philosophy in a Secular Age, Maimonides: A Guide for Today's Perplexed, No Other Gods: The Modern Struggle Against Idolatry, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides, and Autonomy in Jewish Philosophy.

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