LEADER 03136nam 22004935 450 001 9910420927003321 005 20200814150958.0 010 $a3-030-49472-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-49472-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000011384194 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6304315 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-49472-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011384194 100 $a20200814d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn Examination of the Singular in Maimonides and Spinoza $eProphecy, Intellect, and Politics /$fby Norman L. Whitman 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 278 pages) 311 $a3-030-49471-3 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Prophecy and Intuition: Singular Knowledge in Maimonides? and Spinoza?s Philosophy -- 3. Out of Many: Prophecy and Sovereign Authority in Maimonides? and Spinoza?s Politics -- 4. A Singular Method: A Healing of the Soul and an Emendation of the Intellect -- 5. The Demand of the Concrete: The Non-Contingency of Language -- 6. The ?Place? of Reason. 330 $aThis book presents an alternative reading of the respective works of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza. It argues that both thinkers are primarily concerned with the singular perfection of the complete human being rather than with attaining only rational knowledge. Complete perfection of a human being expresses the unique concord of concrete activities, such as ethics, politics, and psychology, with reason. The necessity of concrete historical activities in generating perfection entails that both thinkers are not primarily concerned with an ?escape? to a metaphysical realm of transcendent or universal truths via cognition. Instead, both are focused on developing and cultivating individuals? concrete desires and activities to the potential benefit of all. This book argues that rather than solely focusing on individual enlightenment, both thinkers are primarily concerned with a political life and the improvement of fellow citizens? capacities. A key theme throughout the text is that both Maimonides and Spinoza realize that an apolitical life undermines individual and social flourishing. 606 $aJudaism?Doctrines 606 $aMetaphysics 606 $aJewish Theology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A6010 606 $aMetaphysics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E18000 615 0$aJudaism?Doctrines. 615 0$aMetaphysics. 615 14$aJewish Theology. 615 24$aMetaphysics. 676 $a128 676 $a200 700 $aWhitman$b Norman L$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0928064 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910420927003321 996 $aAn Examination of the Singular in Maimonides and Spinoza$92085067 997 $aUNINA