Book contents
- Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Form
- Part II Human Beginnings
- Part III The Creator
- Part IV The Created
- Part V Human Finitude
- Part VI Human Ends
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2021
Book contents
- Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Form
- Part II Human Beginnings
- Part III The Creator
- Part IV The Created
- Part V Human Finitude
- Part VI Human Ends
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Summary
Moses Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed is the greatest and most influential work in Jewish philosophy. It directly influenced Aquinas, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and the history of Jewish philosophy takes a decisive turn after the appearance of the Guide, in the wake of its Hebrew translation. Aquinas refers to “Rabbi Moyses” when he develops his own theory of analogical predication, and Spinoza has Maimonides and the Guide squarely in focus in the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, when he presents his own theory of biblical interpretation.
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- Maimonides' Guide of the PerplexedA Critical Guide, pp. 1 - 8Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021