Method and Metaphysics in Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed
1st Edition
Published on 6. September 2011
224 pages
978-0-19-987759-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book investigates the substance and presentation of major metaphysical themes in Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Using rigorous philosophy it seeks to refute the view that the Guide hides an ''esoteric'' philosophical meaning beneath a traditional veneer, and offers a new explanation of his esotericism.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Interpreting Maimonides in His Multiple Contexts
- 2. A Dialectical Topic: Creation
- 3. Necessity and the Law
- 4. Religious Language (A): Negative Theology and Divine Perfections
- 5. Religious Language (B): Perfections and Simplicity
- 6. Religious Language (C): God's Knowledge as a Divine Perfection
- 7. "Secrets of the Torah": Ezekiel's Vision of the Chariot
- 8. The Scope and Accuracy of Ezekiel's Prophecy
- 9. "A Kind of Conclusion"
- Note on References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
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