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The matter and form of Maimonides' guide /

Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed has traditionally been read as an attempt to harmonize reason and revelation. Another, more recent interpretation takes the contradiction between philosophy and religion to be irreconcilable, and concludes that the Guide prescribes religion for the masses and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stern, Josef, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Matter and form
  • 2. Maimonides' theory of the parable
  • 3. The parable of adamic perfection
  • 4. Physical matter and its limitations on intellects
  • 5. Maimonidean skepticism I
  • 6. Maimonidean skepticism II
  • 7. In the inner chamber of the ruler's palace: the critique of the theory of separate intellects
  • 8. The embodied life of an intellect
  • 9. Excrement and exegesis, or shame over matter.