Maimonides on the origin of the world / / Kenneth Seeskin
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| Autore: |
Seeskin Kenneth <1947->
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| Titolo: |
Maimonides on the origin of the world / / Kenneth Seeskin
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 213/.092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Creation |
| Philosophy, Ancient | |
| Philosophy, Medieval | |
| Jewish philosophy | |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Maimonides on the origin of the world |
| ISBN: | 1-107-15210-0 |
| 0-511-35056-2 | |
| 0-511-34968-8 | |
| 9786611085735 | |
| 1-281-08573-1 | |
| 0-511-34779-0 | |
| 0-511-34876-2 | |
| 1-280-42219-X | |
| 0-511-18200-7 | |
| 0-511-13040-6 | |
| 0-511-19916-3 | |
| 0-511-30935-X | |
| 0-511-61462-4 | |
| 0-511-12887-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815290803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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