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9780415444873

The Guide for the Perplexed: Moses Maimonides

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415444873

  • ISBN10:

    041544487X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-12-25
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

P Originally published in 1948. /P P /P P Moses Maimonides was one of the most powerful philosophers of the Middle Ages. The philosophical basis which he elaborated for Judaism had a profound influence on mediaeval Christian thinkers. This volume describes the full background of Maimonides's thinking in its twelfth-century historical and religious context. /P P /P P /P

Author Biography

Leon Roth is Ahad Ha'am Professor of Philosophy in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

The Man and His Work
Life and Backgroundp. 9
Worksp. 20
General Characteristicsp. 36
The Guide
Maimonides and the Theologiansp. 44
Maimonides and the Scientistsp. 58
The Way of Rational Religionp. 70
Maimonides' Place in History
Maimonides in the History of Thoughtp. 83
Maimonides in the Synagoguep. 95
Maimonides and Humanityp. 122
Epiloguep. 133
Note on Literaturep. 135
Indexp. 137
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