Philosophy and the Jewish tradition : lectures and essays / by Aryeh Leo Motzkin ; edited by Yehuda Halper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Motzkin, Aryeh Leo, 1934-2006.

Contributor:

Halper, Yehuda.

Series:

Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 34.

Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy.

Judaism and philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aryeh Motzkin was an extraordinary thinker and writer. Much of his work appeared in small academic journals despite the fact that it is often quite accessible, even to non-experts. This volume assembles his most important published papers along with several unpublished papers. They all have a single theme: the encounter between the Jewish tradition and philosophy as discovered by Plato and Aristotle. The book’s first group of essays deal with the way medieval Jewish thinkers understood the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. The second group deals with how these same medieval thinkers were themselves interpreted by modern thinkers, beginning with Spinoza. A recurring issue in all the essays is the difficulty inherent in any encounter between philosophia perennis and the changing history of Judaism.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Yehuda Halper

Platonic and Aristotelian Philosophy Introductory Poem: / Aryeh Leo Motzkin

Plato and Aristotle on the Vocation of the Philosopher / Yehuda Halper

Halevi’s Kuzari as a Platonic Dialogue / Yehuda Halper

Maimonides and the Imagination / Yehuda Halper

Elia del Medigo, Averroes and Averroism / Yehuda Halper

Paduan Averroism Reconsidered / Yehuda Halper

Philosophy and Mysticism / Yehuda Halper

Medievals and Moderns Maimonides and Spinoza on Good and Evil / Yehuda Halper

A Note on Natural Right, Nature and Reason in Spinoza / Yehuda Halper

Spinoza and Luzzatto: / Yehuda Halper

On the Interpretation of Maimonides: / Yehuda Halper

Harry A. Wolfson as Interpreter of Medieval Thought / Yehuda Halper

On the Limitations of Human Knowledge / Yehuda Halper

Bibliography of Aryeh Leo Motzkin’s Writings / Yehuda Halper

Index / Yehuda Halper.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-29348-X

9786613293480

90-04-21771-1

OCLC:

756484671

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004217713 DOI