03429nam 22008174a 450 991081529080332120200520144314.01-107-15210-00-511-35056-20-511-34968-897866110857351-281-08573-10-511-34779-00-511-34876-21-280-42219-X0-511-18200-70-511-13040-60-511-19916-30-511-30935-X0-511-61462-40-511-12887-8(CKB)1000000000352681(EBL)321088(OCoLC)191760157(SSID)ssj0000195510(PQKBManifestationID)11202984(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195510(PQKBWorkID)10131628(PQKB)11517621(MiAaPQ)EBC321088(MiAaPQ)EBC3004552(MiAaPQ)EBC239193(Au-PeEL)EBL321088(CaPaEBR)ebr10289177(CaONFJC)MIL42219(OCoLC)62323175(UkCbUP)CR9780511614620(Au-PeEL)EBL239193(EXLCZ)99100000000035268120040826d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaimonides on the origin of the world /Kenneth SeeskinCambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20051 online resource (viii, 215 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-69752-2 0-521-84553-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index.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.Although Maimonides' discussion of creation is one of his greatest 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.CreationPhilosophy, AncientPhilosophy, MedievalJewish philosophyCreation.Philosophy, Ancient.Philosophy, Medieval.Jewish philosophy.213/.092Seeskin Kenneth1947-1628150MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815290803321Maimonides on the origin of the world4050735UNINA