LEADER 03424nam 22008052 450 001 9910457616203321 005 20160418110132.0 010 $a1-107-15210-0 010 $a0-511-35056-2 010 $a0-511-34968-8 010 $a9786611085735 010 $a1-281-08573-1 010 $a0-511-34779-0 010 $a0-511-34876-2 010 $a1-280-42219-X 010 $a0-511-18200-7 010 $a0-511-13040-6 010 $a0-511-19916-3 010 $a0-511-30935-X 010 $a0-511-61462-4 010 $a0-511-12887-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000352681 035 $a(EBL)321088 035 $a(OCoLC)191760157 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000195510 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202984 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195510 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10131628 035 $a(PQKB)11517621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC321088 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC239193 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL321088 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10289177 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL42219 035 $a(OCoLC)62323175 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511614620 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL239193 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000352681 100 $a20090914d2005|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMaimonides on the origin of the world /$fKenneth Seeskin$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-69752-2 311 $a0-521-84553-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index. 327 $aGod 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. 330 $aAlthough 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. 606 $aCreation 606 $aPhilosophy, Ancient 606 $aPhilosophy, Medieval 606 $aJewish philosophy 615 0$aCreation. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Ancient. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Medieval. 615 0$aJewish philosophy. 676 $a213/.092 700 $aSeeskin$b Kenneth$f1947-$01000565 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457616203321 996 $aMaimonides on the origin of the world$92441339 997 $aUNINA