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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822944803321

Autore

Strauss Leo

Titolo

Philosophy and Law [[electronic resource] ] : Contributions to the Understanding of Maimonides and His Predecessors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 1995

ISBN

1-4384-2143-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

SUNY Series in the Jewish Writings of Leo Strauss

Altri autori (Persone)

AdlerEve

Disciplina

181/.06

Soggetti

Jewish philosophy

Law (Theology)

Maimonides, Moses, -- 1135-1204. -- Dalālat al-ḥāʼirīn

Philosophy & Religion

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter ""; ""Half Title Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Translator's Introduction: The Argument of Philosophy and Law""; ""I. Strauss's ""Introduction""""; ""II. Chapter 1: The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in the Philosophy of Judaism: Notes on Julius Guttmann, The Philosophy of Judaism""; ""III. Chapter 2: The Legal Foundation of Philosophy: The Commandment to Philosophize and the Freedom of Philosophizing""; ""IV. Chapter 3: The Philosophic Foundation of the Law: Maimonides' Doctrine of Prophecy and its Sources""

""Note on this Translation""""Introduction""; ""Content ""; ""The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in the Philosophy of Judaism: Notes on Julius Guttmann, The Philosophy of Judaism""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""V""; ""The Legal Foundation of Philosophy: The Commandment to Philosophize and the Freedom of Philosophizing""; ""A. Averroes""; ""B. Maimonides""; ""c. Gersonides""; ""The Philosophic Foundation of the Law: Maimonides's Doctrine of Prophecy and its Sources""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""V""; ""Back Matter ""; ""Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1.""



""Chapter 2.""""Chapter 3.""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

A groundbreaking study of the political philosophy of Maimonides and his Islamic predecessors.