The Guide of the Perplexed

by Maimonides, Moses; Guttmann, Julius; Rabin, Chaim; Frank, Daniel H.

• ISBN13: 9780872203242
• ISBN10: 0872203247
• Edition: Abridged
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-10-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

This superb abridgement and annotated translation of Maimonides' monumental work includes discussions of divine language, the scope and limits of human knowledge, cosmological doctrines concerning the creation or eternity of the world, prophecy and providence, the nature and purpose of divine law, and moral and political philosophy.

Table of Contents

New Introduction	vii
Editor's Introduction	1	(36)
Translator's Preface	37	(3)
Abbreviations	40	(1)
Maimonides' Introduction	41	(10)
Selections from Book I	51	(38)
CHAPTER I	51	(2)
CHAPTER II	53	(2)
CHAPTER XXXI	55	(3)
CHAPTER XXXII	58	(1)
CHAPTER XXXIV	58	(5)
CHAPTER XXXV	63	(2)
CHAPTER L	65	(1)
CHAPTER LI	66	(2)
CHAPTER LII	68	(3)
CHAPTER LIV	71	(6)
CHAPTER LVII	77	(2)
CHAPTER LVIII	79	(4)
CHAPTER LXIX	83	(6)
Selections from Book II Propositions	89	(60)
CHAPTER I	90	(4)
CHAPTER XIII	94	(5)
CHAPTER XIV	99	(2)
CHAPTER XVI	101	(1)
CHAPTER XVII	102	(4)
CHAPTER XVIII	106	(3)
CHAPTER XIX	109	(1)
CHAPTER XXII	110	(4)
CHAPTER XXV	114	(3)
CHAPTER XXVII	117	(1)
CHAPTER XXIX	118	(8)
CHAPTER XXXII	126	(3)
CHAPTER XXXV	129	(1)
CHAPTER XXXVI	130	(5)
CHAPTER XXXVII	135	(2)
CHAPTER XXXVIII	137	(2)
CHAPTER XXXIX	139	(3)
CHAPTER XL	142	(4)
CHAPTER XLII	146	(3)
Selections from Book III	149	(54)
CHAPTER XII	149	(2)
CHAPTER XIII	151	(6)
CHAPTER XVI	157	(3)
CHAPTER XX	160	(4)
CHAPTER XXI	164	(1)
CHAPTERS XVII-XVIII	165	(5)
CHAPTER XXIII	170	(3)
CHAPTER XXVII	173	(2)
CHAPTER XXIX	175	(5)
CHAPTER XXXII	180	(4)
CHAPTER LI	184	(11)
CHAPTER LII	195	(2)
CHAPTER LIV	197	(6)
Commentary	203	(24)
Index I. Names and Subjects	227	(3)
II. Hebrew words	230	(1)
III. Quotations	231