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Emotion in late medieval Jewish philosophy : the glorification of passion / Andrew L. Gluck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gluck, Andrew Lee, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish philosophy--To 1500.
- Jewish philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 450 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, New York : The Edwin MellenPress, [2021]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Emotion in Contemporary Life
- The Goal of this Book
- Emotions and Judaism
- Philosophy and Judaism
- Summary
- ch. I Emotion in the Ancient Sources and in some Early Examples of Jewish Philosophy
- Early Hebraic Roots
- Hellenic Roots
- The Talmud
- Other Sources
- The Earliest Stage of Medieval Jewish Philosophy
- ch. II Subjectivity, Selfhood and Emotion
- Emotions and Selfhood
- The Experiencing Self
- Exploring the Relationship between Emotion, Will and Thought
- A Phenomenological Approach
- Practical Implications of Empirical Psychological Research
- Karl Jaspers' Descriptive Discussion of Feelings and Affective States
- Karl Jaspers' Psychology of Human Drives
- Back to the Ancient and Medieval Thinkers
- A More Nuanced Approach
- Emotion and Subjectivity in Philosophy
- World-views
- ch. III The Impact of the Conversos on Medieval Jewish Philosophy
- The Historical Background
- Christian Philosophical Debates about Thought, Emotion and Will
- The Essence of those Debates
- Jewish-Christian Interaction
- Varying Themes in Jewish and Christian Philosophy
- The History of Jewish/Christian Polemics
- Some Historical Orientation and Markers
- Conclusion
- ch. IV Salomon ibn Gabirol (c. 1021-1058)
- Ethics and the Senses
- Emotions
- Love
- Metaphysics
- ch. V Moses Maimonides (1135-1204)
- Thirteen Principles of Faith
- A Religious Ruling
- Knowledge and Sin
- The Purpose of the Law
- Human Contact with God
- Ethics
- Negative Theology
- Evaluation
- ch. VI Gersonides (1288-1344)
- Aristotelian Roots of His Thinking
- Disagreement with Averroes
- Knowledge or Happiness as the Main Goal
- ch. VII Hasdai Crescas (1340-1410)
- Relevance of his Polemics
- Philosophical Difficulties
- Similarities of his Thinking to some Christian
- Concerns
- The Importance of Matter
- Abner of Burgos
- Emotion, God and Free Will
- Summary and Conclusion
- ch. VIII Joseph Albo (1380-1444)
- The Method Behind his Inconsistencies
- Temperament and Intentions vs. Intellect
- Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart
- Individuality
- Intentions and Subjectivity
- The Essential Issue in the Philosophies of Crescas and Albo
- ch. IX Isaac Abrabanel (1437-1508)
- Choosing to Believe
- Creation, the Patriarchs and Miracles
- Will, Desire, Worship, Song, Exaltation and Praise
- Conclusion and Summary
- ch. X Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno (c. 1435-1506)
- Brief biographical and bibliographical sketch
- Purity and Ethics
- Kabbalah
- Love and Passion
- ch. XI Judah Abrabanel (c. 1465-1523)
- Love and Reason
- Defense of Passion
- Background
- Dialogue One
- Dialogue Two
- Dialogue Three
- ch. XII Moses Mendelssohn
- The Importance of Emotion
- The Role of Reason.
- ISBN:
- 1495508846
- 9781495508844
- OCLC:
- 1245656625
- Publisher Number:
- 99989711830
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