Ethics Of Maimonides
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Ethical Writings of Maimonides
Author | : Maimonides |
Publsiher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2012-06-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780486119342 |
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Philosopher, physician, and master of rabbinical literature, Moses ben Maimon (1135-1204) strove to reconcile biblical revelation with medieval Aristotelianism. His writings, especially the celebrated Guide for the Perplexed, exercised considerable influence on both Jewish and Christian scholasticism and brought him lasting renown as one of the greatest medieval thinkers. This volume contains his most significant ethical works, newly translated from the original sources by Professors Raymond L. Weiss and Charles E. Butterworth, well-known Maimonides scholars. Previous translations have often been inadequate — either because they were not based on the best possible texts or from a lack of precision. That deficiency has been remedied in this text; the translations are based on the latest scholarship and have been made with a view toward maximum accuracy and readability. Moreover, the long "Letter to Joseph" has been translated into English for the first time. This edition includes the following selections: I. Laws Concerning Character Traits (complete) II. Eight Chapters (complete) III. On the Management of Health IV. Letter to Joseph V. Guide of the Perplexed VII. The Days of the Messiah Taken as a whole, this collection presents a comprehensive and revealing overview of Maimonides' thought regarding the relationship of revelation and reason in the sphere of ethics. Here are his teachings concerning "natural law," secular versus religious authority, the goals of moral conduct, diseases of the soul, the application of logic to ethical matters, and the messianic era. Throughout, the great sage is concerned to reconcile the apparent divergence between biblical teachings and Greek philosophy.
Ethics of Maimonides
Author | : Hermann Cohen |
Publsiher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2003-01-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780299177638 |
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Hermann Cohen’s essay on Maimonides’ ethics is one of the most fundamental texts of twentieth-century Jewish philosophy, correlating Platonic, prophetic, Maimonidean, and Kantian traditions. Almut Sh. Bruckstein provides the first English translation and her own extensive commentary on this landmark 1908 work, which inspired readings of medieval and rabbinic sources by Leo Strauss, Franz Rosenzweig, and Emmanuel Levinas. Cohen rejects the notion that we should try to understand texts of the past solely in the context of their own historical era. Subverting the historical order, he interprets the ethical meanings of texts in the light of a future yet to be realized. He commits the entire Jewish tradition to a universal socialism prophetically inspired by ideals of humanity, peace, and universal justice. Through her own probing commentary on Cohen’s text, like the margin notes of a medieval treatise, Bruckstein performs the hermeneutical act that lies at the core of Cohen’s argument: she reads Jewish sources from a perspective that recognizes the interpretive act of commentary itself.
Maimonides Ethics
Author | : Raymond L. Weiss |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1991-10-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0226891526 |
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Papers from the conference on Priority Issues, Publications Services distributes for the Australian Institution of Engineers. No index. Shows how the 12th-century Hebrew scholar integrated the philosophical systems of Athens and Jerusalem without violating the spirit of either or downplaying their essential incompatibility. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Maimonides Essential Teachings on Jewish Faith Ethics
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2012-01-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781594734052 |
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The teachings of Judaism's greatest medieval philosopher can be a companion on your own spiritual journey. No Jewish thinker has had a more significant impact on Jewish religious thought than Moses Maimonides (1138–1204). A medieval philosopher whose vision covered an extensive range, he created a method of mediating between revelation and reason that laid the groundwork for a rational, philosophically sophisticated Judaism. He also provided an approach to biblical interpretation and philosophy that remains relevant for people of all faiths who follow a religion based on sacred text and oral interpretation. In this accessible examination of Maimonides’s theological and philosophical teachings, Rabbi Marc D. Angel opens up for us Maimonides’s views on the nature of God, providence, prophecy, free will, human nature, repentance and more. He explores basic concepts of faith that Maimonides posits must serve as the basis for proper religious life. He also examines Maimonides’s insights on reward and punishment, messianic days, the world to come and other tenets of Jewish faith. Now you can experience the wisdom of Maimonides even if you have no previous knowledge of Judaism or Jewish philosophy. SkyLight Illuminations provides insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that reveals why Maimonides’s teachings continue to have profound relevance to those seeking an intellectually vibrant understanding of Judaism.
Sex Ethics in the Writings of Moses Maimonides
Author | : Fred Rosner |
Publsiher | : Jason Aronson, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1994-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781461733270 |
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Interpreting Maimonides
Author | : Marvin Fox |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780226259420 |
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In this comprehensive study, Marvin Fox offers an approach to Moses Maimonides that illuminates the intersections of his philosophical, religious, and Jewish visions—ideas that have embattled readers of Maimonides since the twelfth century.
Maimonides Political Thought
Author | : Howard Kreisel |
Publsiher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781438409672 |
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This book presents a series of studies that cover a wide range of issues relating to Maimonides' political thought, including the basis for political and ethical knowledge; the notion of the "good"; imitatio Dei; apparent contradictions in his position on ethics; the conception of God that he attempts to inculcate to Jewish society at large; and his novel approach to the love and fear of God. Taking into account his medieval Aristotelian and Jewish sources, these explorations also deal with some of the opposing considerations that Maimonides had to balance in developing and presenting his positions on such subjects as the nature of divine law, the static vs. dynamic dimensions of Mosaic law, prophetic and rabbinic authority within Judaism, the reasons for the commandments, and martyrdom. A close reading of the manner in which he formulates his views, in light of their literary and intellectual-historical contexts, allows us a better glimpse of how profound and subtle Maimonides is as a thinker and an educator.
Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics
Author | : Moses Maimonides |
Publsiher | : AMS Press |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1912-06 |
Genre | : Jewish ethics |
ISBN | : 0404504973 |
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