Maimonides and Spinoza - Their Conflicting Views of Human Nature

Zusammenfassung Until the last century! it was generally agreed that Maimonides was a great defender of Judaism! and Spinoza - as an Enlightenment advocate for secularization - among its key opponents. This book sets out to challenge the now predominant view of Maimonides as a protomodern forerunner to Spinoza.

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• Authors: Joshua Parens, Parens Joshua
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2012
• EAN: 9780226645742
• ISBN: 978-0-226-64574-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Judaism / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Judaism, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy