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Leo Strauss and the Rediscovery of Maimonides
Author | : Kenneth Hart Green |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2013-05-16 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780226307039 |
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In Leo Strauss and the Rediscovery of Maimonides, Kenneth Hart Green explores the critical role played by Maimonides in shaping Leo Strauss’s thought. In uncovering the esoteric tradition employed in Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed, Strauss made the radical realization that other ancient and medieval philosophers might be concealing their true thoughts through literary artifice. Maimonides and al-Farabi, he saw, allowed their message to be altered by dogmatic considerations only to the extent required by moral and political imperatives and were in fact avid advocates for enlightenment. Strauss also revealed Maimonides’s potential relevance to contemporary concerns, especially his paradoxical conviction that one must confront the conflict between reason and revelation rather than resolve it. An invaluable companion to Green’s comprehensive collection of Strauss’s writings on Maimonides, this volume shows how Strauss confronted the commonly accepted approaches to the medieval philosopher, resulting in both a new understanding of Maimonides and a new depth and direction for his own thought. It will be welcomed by anyone engaged with the work of either philosopher.
Leo Strauss on Maimonides
Author | : Leo Strauss |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 691 |
Release | : 2013-04-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780226776774 |
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Leo Strauss is widely recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of Maimonides. His studies of the medieval Jewish philosopher led to his rediscovery of esotericism and deepened his sense that the tension between reason and revelation was central to modern political thought. His writings throughout the twentieth century were chiefly responsible for restoring Maimonides as a philosophical thinker of the first rank. Yet, to appreciate the extent of Strauss’s contribution to the scholarship on Maimonides, one has traditionally had to seek out essays he published separately spanning almost fifty years. With Leo Strauss on Maimonides, Kenneth Hart Green presents for the first time a comprehensive, annotated collection of Strauss’s writings on Maimonides, comprising sixteen essays, three of which appear in English for the first time. Green has also provided careful translations of materials that had originally been quoted in Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, German, and French; written an informative introduction highlighting the original contributions found in each essay; and brought references to out-of-print editions fully up to date. The result will become the standard edition of Strauss’s writings on Maimonides.
Philosophy and Law
Author | : Leo Strauss |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1995-03-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0791419762 |
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A groundbreaking study of the political philosophy of Maimonides and his Islamic predecessors.
Jew and Philosopher
Author | : Kenneth Hart Green |
Publsiher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1993-10-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 079141566X |
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The first book to deal with the Jewish thought of Leo Strauss.
Progressive Minds Conservative Politics
Author | : Aryeh Tepper |
Publsiher | : Suny the Thought and Legacy of |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1438448449 |
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Compelling account of Strauss's mature Maimonidean writings.
Leo Strauss on Maimonides
Author | : Leo Strauss |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 691 |
Release | : 2013-04-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780226776798 |
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Leo Strauss is widely recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of Maimonides. His studies of the medieval Jewish philosopher led to his rediscovery of esotericism and deepened his sense that the tension between reason and revelation was central to modern political thought. His writings throughout the twentieth century were chiefly responsible for restoring Maimonides as a philosophical thinker of the first rank. Yet, to appreciate the extent of Strauss’s contribution to the scholarship on Maimonides, one has traditionally had to seek out essays he published separately spanning almost fifty years. With Leo Strauss on Maimonides, Kenneth Hart Green presents for the first time a comprehensive, annotated collection of Strauss’s writings on Maimonides, comprising sixteen essays, three of which appear in English for the first time. Green has also provided careful translations of materials that had originally been quoted in Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, German, and French; written an informative introduction highlighting the original contributions found in each essay; and brought references to out-of-print editions fully up to date. The result will become the standard edition of Strauss’s writings on Maimonides.
The Philosophy of Emil Fackenheim
Author | : Kenneth Hart Green |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2020-10-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107187382 |
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Traces Fackenheim's early concern with revelation and how it shifted to his later focus on the Holocaust (post-1967).
Between Athens and Jerusalem
Author | : David Janssens |
Publsiher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780791478707 |
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Praised as a major political thinker of the twentieth century and vilified as the putative godfather of contemporary neoconservatism, Leo Strauss (1899–1973) has been the object of heated controversy both in the United States and abroad. This book offers a more balanced appraisal by focusing on Strauss's early writings. By means of a close and comprehensive study of these texts, David Janssens reconstructs the genesis of Strauss's thought from its earliest beginnings until his emigration to the United States in 1937. He discusses the first stages in Strauss's grappling with the "theological-political problem," from his doctoral dissertation on Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi to his contributions to Zionist periodicals, from his groundbreaking study of Spinoza's critique of religion to his research on Moses Mendelssohn, and from his rediscovery of medieval Jewish and Islamic philosophy to his research on Hobbes. Throughout, Janssens traces Strauss's rediscovery of the Socratic way of life as a viable alternative to both modern philosophy and revealed religion.