Maimonides and philosophy : papers presented at the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter, May, 1985
In the year 1985, presumed to mark the 850th anniversary of Maimonides' birth, the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter was dedicated to Maim onides as philosopher. We did not enter into the other aspects of his work, rabbinical, legal, medical, etc., except in so far as the relation between his philosophy and his work in halakha (Jewish law) is itself a philosophical question. That no one is quite certain about Maimonides' date of birth is symbolic of the state of his philosophy as well. Maimonides' thought poses various enigmas, lends itself to contradictory interpretations and gives rise today, as it did in the Middle Ages, to sustained controversies. Some of the contribu tions to the present volume deal with these and cognate topics. Others deal with certain aspects of the philosophical tradition in which Maimonides was rooted, with some traits peculiar to the Islamic society in the midst of which he lived, and with his influence on Christian scholasticism. Maimonides' thought had many facets, and for this and other reasons the question as to his place and stature in the history of philosophy admits of no simple answer. In this volume an attempt has been made to draw atten tion to some of these complexities
eBook, English, 1986
M. Nijhoff Publishers ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, 1986
Conference papers and proceedings
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I. Philosophical Issues in Maimonides
The Philosophical Purport of Maimonides' Halachic Works and the Purport of The Guide of the Perplexed
Rationality and Revelation in Maimonides' Thought
Maimonides' True Belief Concerning God
Remarks on Maimonides' Epistemology
Aristotle on Eternity: Does Maimonides Have a Reply?
The Creation of the World and Maimonides' Interpretation of Gen i-v
Sitre 'Arayot in Maimonides' Thought
The Idea of a Hoq in Maimonides' Explanation of the Law
Ethics and Meta-Ethics, Aesthetics and Meta-Aesthetics in Maimonides
II. The Greco-Arabic Philosophical Context
Islamic and Greek Influences on Maimonides' Philosophy
Maimonides on Causality
Songe et prophétie chez Maïmonide et dans la tradition philosophique qui l'inspira
Prophecy in al-Farabi and Maimonides
Aspects of Ibn Bajja's Theory of Apprehension
Maimonides and Averroes on the First Mover
III. Maimonides' Ideas: Attitudes and Interpretations
Maimonides and Latin Scholasticism
Are the Founders of Religions Impostors?
Leo Strauss et Maïmonide
God's Transcendence and its Schematization