Jewish and Islamic philosophy : crosspollinations in the classical age / Lenn E. Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Lenn Evan, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This book explores the major philosophical issues in the historic interplay of Islamic and Jewish philosophy. The problems considered are issues of abiding philosophical interest:Freedom and determinismThe nature and meaning of historyThe basis of ethical valuesThe foundations and social implications of friendshipThe viability and relevance of the idea of GodThe approach taken here is distinctive in several ways. The perspective is cross-cultural, rather than parochial, synthetic rather than descriptive. The object is not to find the 'sources' of ideas, as if to credit the philosophical originality of one group or cast aspersions on the philosophical dependency of another, but rather to follow a conversation that takes place across the centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations and short titles

1 Crosspollinations

2 Rāzī and Epicurus

3 Baḥyā and Kant

4 Maimonides and the Philosophers of Islam

5 Friendship

6 Determinism and freedom in Spinoza, Maimonides and Aristotle

7 Ibn Khaldun and Thucydides

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6856-X