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Guide for the Perplexed
Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Moses Maimonides
Great classic of medieval Judaism, major attempt to reconcile revealed religion (Pentateuch, commentaries) and Aristotelian philosophy. Enormously important in all Western thought. Unabridged Friedlander translation. 50-page introduction. ". . . a great influence on Jewish and Christian scholasticism."—Jewish Civic Press.
ISBN-13: 9780844625126
ISBN-10: 0844625124
Publication Date: 6/1984
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Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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From back of book.
This is the full, unabridged text of one of the greatest philosophic works of all times. Written by a 12th century thinker who was equally acitve as an original philospher and as a Biblical and Talmudic scholar, it is both a classic of great historical importance and a work of living significance today.
It was wriiten for scholars who were bewildered by the conflict between religion and scienttific and philosophic thought of the day. And so on.......................