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Maimonides and Spinoza : Their Conflicting Views of Human Nature.
Until the last century, it was generally agreed that Maimonides was a great defender of Judaism, and Spinoza & mdash;as an Enlightenment advocate for secularization & mdash;among its key opponents. However, a new scholarly consensus has recently emerged that the teachings of the two philosop...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Until the last century, it was generally agreed that Maimonides was a great defender of Judaism, and Spinoza & mdash;as an Enlightenment advocate for secularization & mdash;among its key opponents. However, a new scholarly consensus has recently emerged that the teachings of the two philosophers were in fact much closer than was previously thought. In his perceptive new book, Joshua Parens sets out to challenge the now predominant view of Maimonides as a protomodern forerunner to Spinoza & mdash;and to show that a chief reason to read Maimonides is in fact to gain distance from our progressi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226645766 0226645762 1280678283 9781280678288 9786613655219 661365521X |