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The Guide for the Perplexed Paperback - 2000
by Maimonides, Moses
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- Title The Guide for the Perplexed
- Author Maimonides, Moses
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, NY, U.S.A.
- Publication date 2000-05-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000842269
- ISBN 9780486203515 / 0486203514
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.95 in (21.59 x 13.72 x 2.41 cm)
- Size 1.0000 in x 8.5000 in x 5.3000 i
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Category Religion - Judaism
- Library of Congress subjects Judaism, Philosophy, Medieval
- Dewey Decimal Code 181.06
- Quantity available 1
- Bookseller catalogues Book
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This is the full, unabridged text of one of the greatest philosophic works of all time. Written by a 12th- century thinker who was equally active as an original philosopher and as a Biblical and Talmudic scholar, it is both a classic of great historical importance and a work of living significance today.
The Guide for the Perplexed was written for scholars who were bewildered by the conflict between religion and the scientific and philosophic thought of the day. It is concerned, basically, with finding a concord between the religion of the Old Testament and its commentaries, and Aristotelian philosophy. After analyzing the ideas of the Old Testament by means of "homonyms," Maimonides examines other reconciliations of religion and philosophy (the Moslem rationalists) and then proposes his own resolution with contemporary Aristotelianism.
The Guide for the Perplexed was at once recognized as a masterwork, and it strongly influenced Jewish, Christian, and Moslem thought of the Middle Ages. It is necessary reading for any full comprehension of the thought of such scholastics as Aquinas and Scotus, and indispensable for everyone interested in the Middle Ages, Judaism, medieval philosophy, or the larger problems which Maimonides discusses.
The Guide for the Perplexed was written for scholars who were bewildered by the conflict between religion and the scientific and philosophic thought of the day. It is concerned, basically, with finding a concord between the religion of the Old Testament and its commentaries, and Aristotelian philosophy. After analyzing the ideas of the Old Testament by means of "homonyms," Maimonides examines other reconciliations of religion and philosophy (the Moslem rationalists) and then proposes his own resolution with contemporary Aristotelianism.
The Guide for the Perplexed was at once recognized as a masterwork, and it strongly influenced Jewish, Christian, and Moslem thought of the Middle Ages. It is necessary reading for any full comprehension of the thought of such scholastics as Aquinas and Scotus, and indispensable for everyone interested in the Middle Ages, Judaism, medieval philosophy, or the larger problems which Maimonides discusses.
