Interpreting Maimonides - Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy

In this comprehensive study, Marvin Fox offers an approach to Moses Maimonides that illuminates the intersections of his philosophical, religious, and Jewish visions-ideas that have embattled readers of Maimonides since the twelfth century.

List of contents

Preface Acknowledgments Pt. I: On Reading Maimonides 1: The Many-Sided Maimonides 2: The Range and Limits of Reason 3: The Esoteric Method 4: Maimonides' Method of Contradictions: A New View Pt. II: Aspects of Maimonides' Ethical Theory 5: The Doctrine of the Mean in Aristotle and Maimonides: A Comparative Study 6: Maimonides and Aquinas on Natural Law 7: The Nature of Man and the Foundations of Ethics: A Reading of Guide, I,1-2 8: Maimonides' Views on the Relations of Law and Morality Pt. III: Some Problems of Metaphysics and Religion in the Thought of Maimonides 9: Maimonides' Account of Divine Causality 10: Creation or Eternity: God in Relation to the World 11: Prayer and the Religious Life 12: Epilogue: The Significance of Maimonides for Contemporary Judaism Index

About the author

Marvin Fox is Philip W. Lown Professor Emeritus of Jewish Philosophy at Brandeis University and professor of philosophy and religion at Boston University.

Summary

In this comprehensive study, Marvin Fox offers an approach to Moses Maimonides that illuminates the intersections of his philosophical, religious, and Jewish visions--ideas that have embattled readers of Maimonides since the twelfth century.

Product details

• Authors: Marvin Fox, Fox Marvin
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1995
• EAN: 9780226259420
• ISBN: 978-0-226-25942-0
• No. of pages: 370
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Chicago Studies in the History; Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism; Chicago Studies in History of Judaism CSHJ (CHUP); Chicago Studies in History of Judaism CSHJ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Esoterics: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Social groups: religious groups and communities