Interpreting Maimonides: Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism)

by Marvin Fox

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press

, 1995

Overview

In this comprehensive study, Marvin Fox offers an approach to Moses Maimonides that illuminates the intersections of his philosophical, religious, and Jewish visions—ideas that have embattled readers of Maimonides since the twelfth century.

Key Features

• Seeks to contribute to the method of studying Maimonides and his philosophic works
• Presents chapters based on previously published papers which have been revised
• Argues that Maimonides’ recognition that moral claims are noncognitive shows his perception as a philosopher

Contents

I: On Reading Maimonides

• The Many-Sided Maimonides
• The Range and Limits of Reason
• The Esoteric Method
• Maimonides’ Method of Contradictions: A New

II: Aspects of Maimonides’ Ethical Theory

• The Doctrine of the Mean in Aristotle and Maimonides: A Comparative Study
• Maimonides and Aquinas on Natural Law
• The Nature of Man and the Foundations of Ethics: A Reading of Guide, I,1-2
• Maimonides’ Views on the Relations of Law and Morality

III: Some Problems of Metaphysics and Religion in the Thought of Maimonides

• Maimonides’ Account of Divine Causality
• Creation or Eternity: God in Relation to the World
• Prayer and the Religious Life
• Epilogue: The Significance of Maimonides for Contemporary Judaism

Product Details

• Title: Interpreting Maimonides: Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy
• Author: Marvin Fox
• Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Print Publication Date: 1995
• Pages: 370
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780226259420, 0226259420
• Resource ID: LLS:NTRPRTNGMMNDS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-28T00:00:35Z

About Marvin Fox

Marvin Fox is Philip W. Lown Professor Emeritus of Jewish Philosophy at Brandeis University and professor of philosophy and religion at Boston University.