Maimonides and PhilosophyS. Pines, Y. Yovel In the year 1985, presumed to mark the 850th anniversary of Maimonides' birth, the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter was dedicated to Maim onides as philosopher. We did not enter into the other aspects of his work, rabbinical, legal, medical, etc., except in so far as the relation between his philosophy and his work in halakha (Jewish law) is itself a philosophical question. That no one is quite certain about Maimonides' date of birth is symbolic of the state of his philosophy as well. Maimonides' thought poses various enigmas, lends itself to contradictory interpretations and gives rise today, as it did in the Middle Ages, to sustained controversies. Some of the contribu tions to the present volume deal with these and cognate topics. Others deal with certain aspects of the philosophical tradition in which Maimonides was rooted, with some traits peculiar to the Islamic society in the midst of which he lived, and with his influence on Christian scholasticism. Maimonides' thought had many facets, and for this and other reasons the question as to his place and stature in the history of philosophy admits of no simple answer. In this volume an attempt has been made to draw atten tion to some of these complexities. |
Contents
III | 1 |
IV | 15 |
V | 24 |
VI | 36 |
VII | 52 |
VIII | 65 |
IX | 79 |
X | 92 |
XIV | 173 |
XV | 185 |
XVI | 202 |
XVII | 213 |
XVIII | 224 |
XIX | 233 |
XX | 246 |
XXI | 269 |
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absolute transcendence concept according to Maimonides Adam al-Farabi al-Kindi al-Maghribi antinomianism apprehension Arabic arayot arguments Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's attained Averroes Avicenna belief c'est causality cause chapter claim commandments Commentary concerning created creation deity demonstration discussion divine doctrine emanation Epistle to Yemen esoteric esotericism eternity ex-nihilo existence explains God's Guide halakha Hegel historical human huqqim Ibn Bajja images imaginative faculty intellect intelligible intention interpretation Islamic Ismaili Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judaism knowledge Leo Strauss Maimo Maimonides Maimonides and Philosophy matter means Messiah metaphysics mind Mishneh Torah mitzvot Moses motion n'est nature Neoplatonic nides Nuriel opinion particular passage perfection philosophical physical Pines Plotinus position possible principle prophecy prophet qu'il question Rabbinic rational reasons regard religion religious revelation rêves Sabian sense Shlomo Pines soul sphere Spinoza story Strauss supreme ruler ta'ame ha-mitzvot term theological theory things tion true truth Twersky understanding