Maimonides on the origin of the world
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書誌事項
Maimonides on the origin of the world
Cambridge University Press, c2005
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index
収録内容
- 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
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
目次
- 1. God and the problem of origin
- 2. Creation in the Timaeus
- 3. Aristotle and the arguments for eternity
- 4. Plotinus and the metaphysical causation
- 5. Particularity
- 6. Nature, miracles and the end of the world
- 7. Aftermath and conclusion.
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