The Matter and Form of Maimonides' <i>Guide</i>

Josef Stern

book: The Matter and Form of Maimonides' <i>Guide</i>

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

The Matter and Form of Maimonides' Guide

Josef Stern

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674075948

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Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed is generally read as an attempt either to harmonize reason and revelation or to show that they are irreconcilable. Moving beyond these familiar debates, Josef Stern argues that the perplexity addressed in this famously enigmatic work is the tension between human matter and form: the body and intellect.

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Stern Josef :

Josef Stern is William H. Colvin Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and Director of the Chicago Center for Jewish Studies.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Editions and Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Primary Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Matter and Form Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Maimonides’ Theory of the Parable Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
3. The Parable of Adamic Perfection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
4. Physical Matter and Its Limitations on Intellects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
5. Maimonidean Skepticism I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
6. Maimonidean Skepticism II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
7. In the Inner Chamber of the Ruler’s Palace The Critique of the Theory of Separate Intellects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
8. The Embodied Life of an Intellect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
9. Excrement and Exegesis, or Shame over Matter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	425

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 431
Keywords: RELIGION / Judaism / Theology; PHILOSOPHY / Religious; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology

eBook

Published: June 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674075948