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Author | : Charles Jarrett |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2007-06-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1441120343 |
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Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material. Benedict de Spinoza is a major philosopher of enduring influence and importance, whose work is encountered by all serious students of Western philosophy; his Ethics is one of the seminal works of moral, religious and political thought. Nevertheless, Spinoza is a considerable challenge for the modern student; his language, rooted in the vocabulary of late Medieval scholasticism is frequently opaque, while the esoteric themes explored in his work often require elucidation. Spinoza: A Guide for the Perplexed provides that elucidation, offering a thorough account and analysis of Spinoza's key works and overall philosophical project. The text equips the reader with the necessary means to draw full and clear understanding from Spinoza's often inaccessible language and complex philosophical system and method. His Ethics and political treatises are covered in detail; Spinoza's 'geometrical' approach to his subject is opened up, and his obscure terminology fully explained. The book concludes with a valuable assessment of Spinoza's enduring influence and his relevance for contemporary philosophical debates and concerns. It is an excellent support resource for anyone trying to get to grips with this challenging and important philosopher.
Author | : E. F. Schumacher |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1978-05-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0060906111 |
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The author of the world wide best-seller, Small Is Beautiful, now tackles the subject of Man, the World, and the Meaning of Living. Schumacher writes about man's relation to the world. man has obligations -- to other men, to the earth, to progress and technology, but most importantly himself. If man can fulfill these obligations, then and only then can he enjoy a real relationship with the world, then and only then can he know the meaning of living. Schumacher says we need maps: a "map of knowledge" and a "map of living." The concern of the mapmaker--in this instance, Schumacher--is to find for everything it's proper place. Things out of place tend to get lost; they become invisible and there proper places end to be filled by other things that ought not be there at all and therefore serve to mislead. A Guide for the Perplexed teaches us to be our own map makers. This constantly surprising, always stimulating book will be welcomed by a large audience, including the many new fans who believe strongly in what Schumacher has to say.
Author | : Clare Carlisle |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780826486103 |
Download Kierkegaard: A Guide for the Perplexed Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Kierkegaard is an important literary and religious figure, as well a major philosopher whom students may have a difficult time comprehending- this guide provides a clear and concise understanding of his work
Author | : Steven Nadler |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2011-10-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 069113989X |
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When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published. Religious and secular authorities saw it as a threat to faith, social and political harmony, and everyday morality, and its author was almost universally regarded as a religious subversive and political radical who sought to spread atheism throughout Europe. Steven Nadler tells the story of this book: its radical claims and their background in the philosophical, religious, and political tensions of the Dutch Golden Age, as well as the vitriolic reaction these ideas inspired. A vivid story of incendiary ideas and vicious backlash, A Book Forged in Hell will interest anyone who is curious about the origin of some of our most cherished modern beliefs--Jacket p. [2].
Author | : Daniel Frank |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2021-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108480519 |
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This is the first scholarly collection in English devoted to Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed.
Author | : Joshua Parens |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2012-04-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0226645762 |
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Until the last century, it was generally agreed that Maimonides was a great defender of Judaism, and Spinoza—as an Enlightenment advocate for secularization—among its key opponents. However, a new scholarly consensus has recently emerged that the teachings of the two philosophers were in fact much closer than was previously thought. In his perceptive new book, Joshua Parens sets out to challenge the now predominant view of Maimonides as a protomodern forerunner to Spinoza—and to show that a chief reason to read Maimonides is in fact to gain distance from our progressively secularized worldview. Turning the focus from Spinoza’s oft-analyzed Theologico-Political Treatise, this book has at its heart a nuanced analysis of his theory of human nature in the Ethics. Viewing this work in contrast to Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed, it makes clear that Spinoza can no longer be thought of as the founder of modern Jewish identity, nor should Maimonides be thought of as having paved the way for a modern secular worldview. Maimonides and Spinoza dramatically revises our understanding of both philosophers.
Author | : Josef Stern |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 2019-08-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 022645763X |
Download Maimonides' "Guide of the Perplexed" in Translation Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Moses Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed is the greatest philosophical text in the history of Jewish thought and a major work of the Middle Ages. For almost all of its history, however, the Guide has been read and commented upon in translation—in Hebrew, Latin, Spanish, French, English, and other modern languages—rather than in its original Judeo-Arabic. This volume is the first to tell the story of the translations and translators of Maimonides’ Guide and its impact in translation on philosophy from the Middle Ages to the present day. A collection of essays by scholars from a range of disciplines, the book unfolds in two parts. The first traces the history of the translations of the Guide, from medieval to modern renditions. The second surveys its influence in translation on Latin scholastic, early modern, and contemporary Anglo-American philosophy, as well as its impact in translation on current scholarship. Interdisciplinary in approach, this book will be essential reading for philosophers, historians, and religious studies scholars alike.
Author | : Moses Maimonides |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2012-08-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0486119645 |
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Complete text of crucial medieval work of philosophy: reconciliation of Aristotle and Scripture. Includes Life of Maimonides, analysis of The Guide, indexes of quotations from Scripture, Talmud. Maimonides, brilliant forerunner of Aquinas.
Author | : Theodore Vial |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2013-09-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0567415988 |
Download Schleiermacher: A Guide for the Perplexed Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An introduction to the 'Father of Modern Theology'.
Author | : Donald McCallum |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2007-04-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1134103352 |
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Providing an excellent overview of the latest thinking in Maimonides studies, this book uses a novel philosophical approach to examine whether Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed contains a naturalistic doctrine of salvation after death. The author examines the apparent tensions and contradictions in the Guide and explains them in terms of a modern philosophical interpretation rather than as evidence of some esoteric meaning hidden in the text.