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Maimonides' political thought : studies in ethics, law, and the human ideal / Howard Kreisel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kreisel, Howard T. (Howard Theodore)
- Series:
- SUNY Series in Jewish Philosophy
- SUNY series in Jewish philosophy
- SUNY series in Jewish Philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
- Maimonides, Moses.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Political science.
- Jewish philosophy.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Intellect--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Intellect.
- Common good.
- Perfection--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Perfection.
- Jewish ethics.
- God (Judaism).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 362 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is an excellent book, which deals with fundamental problems in Maimonides moral, political, and legal philosophy. It is well written, based upon the most recent scholarship, and, most importantly, advances our understanding of the greatest of the medieval Jewish philosophers. Daniel Frank, author of Commandment and Community: New Essays in Jewish Legal and Political Philosophy This book makes a contribution of great value to Maimonides scholarship and to the study of religion by systematically presenting the evidence for a political interpretation of the life-work of one of the greatest Jewish theologians. This is an important corrective to the prevailing tendency to ignore the centrality of the practical intellect of Maimonides anthropology, a tendency that leads to positing a false dichotomy between intellectual and practical conceptions of the best life for a human being. Ehud Benor, author of Worship of the Heart: A Study of Maimonides Philosophy of Religion" (Amazon)
- Contents:
- MAIMONIDES' POLITICAL THOUGHT
- THE PRACTICAL INTELLECT
- THE CONCEPT GOOD
- IMITATIO DEI
- THE PROBLEM OF CONTRADICTIONS IN MAIMONIDES' APPROACH TO ETHICS
- INTELLECTUAL PERFECTION, KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND THE ROLE OF THE LAW
- THE LOVE AND FEAR OF GOD
- Maimonides' political thought
- The practical intellect
- The concept good
- Imitatio dei
- The problem of contradictions in Maimonides' approach to ethics
- Intellectual perfection, knowledgeof God, and the role of the law
- The love and fear of God.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-351) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438409672
- 1438409672
- OCLC:
- 794701322
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