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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451750803321

Autore

Cohen Hermann <1842-1918.>

Titolo

Ethics of Maimonides [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 2004

ISBN

1-282-26905-4

9786612269059

0-299-17763-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Modern Jewish philosophy and religion Ethics of Maimonides

Altri autori (Persone)

Bruckstein ÇoruhA. S (Almut Shulamit)

Disciplina

296.3

Soggetti

Cohen, Hermann, -- 1842-1918. -- Charakteristik der Ethik Maïmunis

Jewish ethics

Jewish philosophy

Maimonides, Moses, -- 1135-1204 -- Ethics

Philosophy, Medieval

Ethics

Philosophy

Philosophy & Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Socrates and Plato: Founders of Ethics""; ""2. Maimonides: A Radical Platonist""; ""3. The Good beyond Being:Ethico-Political Intricacies of a Medieval Debate""; ""4. Religion as Idolatry: How (Not) to Know God""; ""5. The "Unity of the Heart": On Love and Longing (Where Ethical Method Fails)""; ""6. Practice and Performance: How (Not) to Walk in Middle Ways""; ""7. "He Is (Not) Like You": How Suffering Commands Self or Soul""; ""8. On Eudaemonian Eschatology and Holy History: Zionism as Betrayal of the Ideal""

""9. To Create Messianic Time: A Jewish Critique of Political Utopia""""10. The Human Face: Anticipating a Future that Is Prior to the Past""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""