By Kenneth Seeskin

ISBN-10: 0521525780

ISBN-13: 9780521525787

ISBN-10: 0521819741

ISBN-13: 9780521819749

One goal of this sequence is to dispel the intimidation readers think whilst confronted with the paintings of adverse and difficult thinkers. Moses ben Maimon, often referred to as Maimonides (1138–1204), represents the excessive aspect of Jewish rationalism within the center a long time. He performed a pivotal position within the transition of philosophy from the Islamic East to the Christian West. His maximum philosophical paintings, The advisor of the at a loss for words, had a decisive impression on all next Jewish proposal and continues to be the topic of excessive scholarly debate. An enigmatic determine, Maimonides keeps to defy uncomplicated makes an attempt at class. The twelve essays during this quantity provide a lucid and entire remedy of his lifestyles and idea. They conceal the assets on which Maimonides drew, his contributions to philosophy, theology, jurisprudence, and Bible observation, in addition to his esoteric writing kind and effect on later thinkers.

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