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UNINA9910457616203321 |
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Seeskin Kenneth <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Maimonides on the origin of the world / / Kenneth Seeskin [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005 |
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1-107-15210-0 |
0-511-35056-2 |
0-511-34968-8 |
9786611085735 |
1-281-08573-1 |
0-511-34779-0 |
0-511-34876-2 |
1-280-42219-X |
0-511-18200-7 |
0-511-13040-6 |
0-511-19916-3 |
0-511-30935-X |
0-511-61462-4 |
0-511-12887-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Creation |
Philosophy, Ancient |
Philosophy, Medieval |
Jewish philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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God and the problem of origin -- Creation in the Timaeus -- Aristotle and the arguments for eternity -- Plotinus and metaphysical causation -- Particularity -- Nature, miracles, and the end of the world -- Aftermath and conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Although Maimonides' discussion of creation is one of his greatest |
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contributions - he himself claims that belief in creation is second in importance only to belief in God - there is still considerable debate on what that contribution was. Kenneth Seeskin takes a close look at the problems Maimonides faced and the sources from which he drew. He argues that Maimonides meant exactly what he said: the world was created by a free act of God so that the existence of everything other than God is contingent. In religious terms, existence is a gift. In order to reach this conclusion, Seeskin examines Maimonides' view of God, miracles, the limits of human knowledge, and the claims of astronomy to be a science. Clearly written and closely argued, Maimonides on the Origin of the World takes up questions of perennial interest. |
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