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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811957503321

Autore

Motzkin Aryeh Leo <1934-2006.>

Titolo

Philosophy and the Jewish tradition : lectures and essays / / by Aryeh Leo Motzkin ; edited by Yehuda Halper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2012

ISBN

1-283-29348-X

9786613293480

90-04-21771-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

Studies in Jewish history and culture ; ; v. 34

Altri autori (Persone)

HalperYehuda

Disciplina

181/.06

Soggetti

Jewish philosophy

Judaism and philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Yehuda Halper -- Platonic and Aristotelian Philosophy Introductory Poem: / Aryeh Leo Motzkin -- Plato and Aristotle on the Vocation of the Philosopher / Yehuda Halper -- Halevi’s Kuzari as a Platonic Dialogue / Yehuda Halper -- Maimonides and the Imagination / Yehuda Halper -- Elia del Medigo, Averroes and Averroism / Yehuda Halper -- Paduan Averroism Reconsidered / Yehuda Halper -- Philosophy and Mysticism / Yehuda Halper -- Medievals and Moderns Maimonides and Spinoza on Good and Evil / Yehuda Halper -- A Note on Natural Right, Nature and Reason in Spinoza / Yehuda Halper -- Spinoza and Luzzatto: / Yehuda Halper -- On the Interpretation of Maimonides: / Yehuda Halper -- Harry A. Wolfson as Interpreter of Medieval Thought / Yehuda Halper -- On the Limitations of Human Knowledge / Yehuda Halper -- Bibliography of Aryeh Leo Motzkin’s Writings / Yehuda Halper -- Index / Yehuda Halper.

Sommario/riassunto

Aryeh Motzkin was an extraordinary thinker and writer. Much of his work appeared in small academic journals despite the fact that it is often quite accessible, even to non-experts. This volume assembles his most important published papers along with several unpublished papers. They all have a single theme: the encounter between the Jewish



tradition and philosophy as discovered by Plato and Aristotle. The book’s first group of essays deal with the way medieval Jewish thinkers understood the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. The second group deals with how these same medieval thinkers were themselves interpreted by modern thinkers, beginning with Spinoza. A recurring issue in all the essays is the difficulty inherent in any encounter between philosophia perennis and the changing history of Judaism.