On Maimonides
ON MAIMONIDES, like other titles in the Wadsworth Philosopher's Series, offers a concise, yet comprehensive, introduction to this philosopher's most important ideas. Presenting the most important insights of well over a hundred seminal philosophers in both the Eastern and Western traditions, the Wadsworth Philosophers Series contains volumes written by scholars noted for their excellence in teaching and for their well-versed comprehension of each featured philosopher's major works and...
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Maimonides did not consider himself to be a philosopher; he was a rabbi, judge, communal leader, and physician. Yet his work transformed Judaic thought and influenced Aquinas, Spinoza, Leibniz and Levinas. Manekin (U. of Maryland) examines Maimonides and his concept of God, the creation, divine governance, providence, and the secret of human happiness, which Maimonides believed was finding the eternal truth and then continually contemplating it. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Preface1Introduction12Life and works63Describing and conceiving God224Creation385Divine governance and providence546Human happiness76Bibliography94
