The Cambridge Companion to MaimonidesCambridge University Press, 12 sep 2005 One aim of this series is to dispel the intimidation readers feel when faced with the work of difficult and challenging thinkers. Moses ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides (1138–1204), represents the high point of Jewish rationalism in the middle ages. He played a pivotal role in the transition of philosophy 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. An enigmatic figure, Maimonides continues to defy simple attempts at classification. The twelve essays in this volume offer a lucid and comprehensive treatment of his life and thought. They cover the sources on which Maimonides drew, his contributions to philosophy, theology, jurisprudence, and Bible commentary, as well as his esoteric writing style and influence on later thinkers. |
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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 |
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