Maimonides And Spinoza

Author : Joshua Parens
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226645766

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Maimonides and Spinoza by Joshua Parens Pdf

Until the last century, it was generally agreed that Maimonides was a great defender of Judaism, and Spinoza—as an Enlightenment advocate for secularization—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—and to show that a chief reason to read Maimonides is in fact to gain distance from our progressively secularized worldview. Turning the focus from Spinoza’s oft-analyzed Theologico-Political Treatise, this book has at its heart a nuanced analysis of his theory of human nature in the Ethics. Viewing this work in contrast to Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed, it makes clear that Spinoza can no longer be thought of as the founder of modern Jewish identity, nor should Maimonides be thought of as having paved the way for a modern secular worldview. Maimonides and Spinoza dramatically revises our understanding of both philosophers.

Author : Marc Angel
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580234115

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Maimonides, Spinoza and Us by Marc Angel Pdf

A challenging look at two great Jewish philosophers, and what their thinking means to our understanding of God, truth, revelation and reason. Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) is Jewish history's greatest exponent of a rational, philosophically sound Judaism. He strove to reconcile the teachings of the Bible and rabbinic tradition with the principles of Aristotelian philosophy, arguing that religion and philosophy ultimately must arrive at the same truth. Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) is Jewish history's most illustrious "heretic." He believed that truth could be attained through reason alone, and that philosophy and religion were separate domains that could not be reconciled. His critique of the Bible and its teachings caused an intellectual and spiritual upheaval whose effects are still felt today. Rabbi Marc D. Angel discusses major themes in the writings of Maimonides and Spinoza to show us how modern people can deal with religion in an intellectually honest and meaningful way. From Maimonides, we gain insight on how to harmonize traditional religious belief with the dictates of reason. From Spinoza, we gain insight into the intellectual challenges which must be met by modern believers.

Author : Barry Jay Luby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Jewish philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010444144

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Maimonides and Spinoza by Barry Jay Luby Pdf

Author : Barry Jay Luby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Jewish philosophy
ISBN : UCSC:32106015760827

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Maimonides and Spinoza by Barry Jay Luby Pdf

Author : Norman L. Whitman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030494728

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An Examination of the Singular in Maimonides and Spinoza by Norman L. Whitman Pdf

This book presents an alternative reading of the respective works of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza. It argues that both thinkers are primarily concerned with the singular perfection of the complete human being rather than with attaining only rational knowledge. Complete perfection of a human being expresses the unique concord of concrete activities, such as ethics, politics, and psychology, with reason. The necessity of concrete historical activities in generating perfection entails that both thinkers are not primarily concerned with an “escape” to a metaphysical realm of transcendent or universal truths via cognition. Instead, both are focused on developing and cultivating individuals’ concrete desires and activities to the potential benefit of all. This book argues that rather than solely focusing on individual enlightenment, both thinkers are primarily concerned with a political life and the improvement of fellow citizens’ capacities. A key theme throughout the text is that both Maimonides and Spinoza realize that an apolitical life undermines individual and social flourishing.

Author : Rabbi Marc D. Angel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459683277

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Maimonides, Spinoza and Us by Rabbi Marc D. Angel Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580235440

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Maimonides, Spinoza and Us by Anonim Pdf

A challenging look at two great Jewish philosophers, and what their thinking means to our understanding of God, truth, revelation and reason. Moses Maimonides (11381204) is Jewish historys greatest exponent of a rational, philosophically sound Judaism. He strove to reconcile the teachings of the Bible and rabbinic tradition with the principles of Aristotelian philosophy, arguing that religion and philosophy ultimately must arrive at the same truth. “p>Baruch Spinoza (163277) is Jewish historys most illustrious heretic. He believed that truth could be attained through reason alone, and that philosophy and religion were separate domains that could not be reconciled. His critique of the Bible and its teachings caused an intellectual and spiritual upheaval whose effects are still felt today. Rabbi Marc D. Angel discusses major themes in the writings of Maimonides and Spinoza to show us how modern people can deal with religion in an intellectually honest and meaningful way. From Maimonides, we gain insight on how to harmonize traditional religious belief with the dictates of reason. From Spinoza, we gain insight into the intellectual challenges which must be met by modern believers.

Author : Heidi M. Ravven,Lenn E. Goodman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791488935

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Jewish Themes in Spinoza's Philosophy by Heidi M. Ravven,Lenn E. Goodman Pdf

Explores Jewish aspects of Spinoza's philosophy from a wide variety of perspectives.

Author : Steven Nadler
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191529979

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Spinoza's Heresy by Steven Nadler Pdf

At the heart of Spinoza's Heresy is a mystery: why was Baruch Spinoza so harshly excommunicated from the Amsterdam Jewish community at the age of twenty-four? In this philosophical sequel to his acclaimed, award-winning biography of the seventeenth-century thinker, Steven Nadler argues that Spinoza's main offence was a denial of the immortality of the soul. But this only deepens the mystery. For there is no specific Jewish dogma regarding immortality: there is nothing that a Jew is required to believe about the soul and the afterlife. It was, however, for various religious, historical and political reasons, simply the wrong issue to pick on in Amsterdam in the 1650s. After considering the nature of the ban, or cherem, as a disciplinary tool in the Sephardic community, and a number of possible explanations for Spinoza's ban, Nadler turns to the variety of traditions in Jewish religious thought on the postmortem fate of a person's soul. This is followed by an examination of Spinoza's own views on the eternity of the mind and the role that that the denial of personal immortality plays in his overall philosophical project. Nadler argues that Spinoza's beliefs were not only an outgrowth of his own metaphysical principles, but also a culmination of an intellectualist trend in Jewish rationalism.

Author : Leon Roth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Descartes, Rene, 1596-1650
ISBN : UOM:39015003648246

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Spinoza, Descartes, & Maimonides by Leon Roth Pdf

Author : Steven M. Nadler,Steven Nadler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107037861

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Spinoza and Medieval Jewish Philosophy by Steven M. Nadler,Steven Nadler Pdf

The first of its kind, this essay collection offers an extensive examination of Spinoza's relationship to medieval Jewish philosophy.

Author : Oliver Leaman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521427223

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Evil and Suffering in Jewish Philosophy by Oliver Leaman Pdf

The problems of evil and suffering have been extensively discussed in Jewish philosophy, and much of the discussion has centred on the Book of Job. In this new study Oliver Leaman poses two questions: how can a powerful and caring deity allow terrible things to happen to obviously innocent people, and why has the Jewish people been so harshly treated throughout history, given its status as the chosen people? He explores these issues through an analysis of the views of Philo, Saadya, Maimonides, Gersonides, Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Hermann Cohen, Buber, Rosenzweig, and post-Holocaust thinkers, and suggests that a discussion of evil and suffering is really a discussion about our relationship with God. The Book of Job is thus both the point of departure and the point of return.

Author : Steven Nadler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691139890

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A Book Forged in Hell by Steven Nadler Pdf

When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published. Religious and secular authorities saw it as a threat to faith, social and political harmony, and everyday morality, and its author was almost universally regarded as a religious subversive and political radical who sought to spread atheism throughout Europe. Steven Nadler tells the story of this book: its radical claims and their background in the philosophical, religious, and political tensions of the Dutch Golden Age, as well as the vitriolic reaction these ideas inspired. A vivid story of incendiary ideas and vicious backlash, A Book Forged in Hell will interest anyone who is curious about the origin of some of our most cherished modern beliefs--Jacket p. [2].

Author : Moshe Halbertal
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400848478

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Maimonides by Moshe Halbertal Pdf

Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to his life and work, revealing how his philosophical sensibility and outlook informed his interpretation of Jewish tradition. Moshe Halbertal vividly describes Maimonides's childhood in Muslim Spain, his family's flight to North Africa to escape persecution, and their eventual resettling in Egypt. He draws on Maimonides's letters and the testimonies of his contemporaries, both Muslims and Jews, to offer new insights into his personality and the circumstances that shaped his thinking. Halbertal then turns to Maimonides's legal and philosophical work, analyzing his three great books--Commentary on the Mishnah, the Mishneh Torah, and the Guide of the Perplexed. He discusses Maimonides's battle against all attempts to personify God, his conviction that God's presence in the world is mediated through the natural order rather than through miracles, and his locating of philosophy and science at the summit of the religious life of Torah. Halbertal examines Maimonides's philosophical positions on fundamental questions such as the nature and limits of religious language, creation and nature, prophecy, providence, the problem of evil, and the meaning of the commandments. A stunning achievement, Maimonides offers an unparalleled look at the life and thought of this important Jewish philosopher, scholar, and theologian.

Author : Robert S. Cohen,H. Levine
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401721288

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Maimonides and the Sciences by Robert S. Cohen,H. Levine Pdf

In this book, 11 leading scholars contribute to the understanding of the scientific and philosophical works of Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), the most luminous Jewish intellectual since Talmudic times. Deeply learned in mathematics, astronomy, astrology (which he strongly rejected), logic, philosophy, psychology, linguistics, and jurisprudence, and himself a practising physician, Maimonides flourished within the high Arabic culture of the 12th century, where he had momentous influence upon subsequent Jewish beliefs and behavior, upon ethical demands, and upon ritual traditions. For him, mastery of the sciences was indispensable in the process of religious fulfilment.