Ebook {Epub PDF} Ethical Writings by Maimonides

About the Author. Moses Maimonides ( ) was a rabbi, theologian, andphysician, in Moorish Spain and then in Egypt, and is consideredby many as the greatest medieval Jewish philosopher. Raymond L. Weiss, professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, is the coeditor of Ethical Writings of Maimonides/5(34). Taken as a whole, this collection presents a comprehensive and revealing overview of Maimonides' thought regarding the relationship of revelation and reason in the sphere of ethics. Here are his teachings concerning "natural law," secular versus religious authority, the goals of moral conduct, diseases of the soul, the application of logic to ethical matters, and the messianic www.doorway.ru by:  · Taken as a whole, this collection presents a comprehensive and revealing overview of Maimonides' thought regarding the relationship of revelation and reason in the sphere of ethics. Here are his teachings concerning "natural law," secular versus religious authority, the goals of moral conduct, diseases of the soul, the application of logic to ethical matters, and the messianic www.doorway.ru: Dover Publications.

Ethical writings of Maimonides , New York University Press in English aaaa. Borrow Listen. Download for print-disabled Libraries near you: WorldCat. Maimonides; his wisdom for our time: selected from his twelfth-century classics. , Funk and Wagnalls. Ethical Writings of Maimonides.. LAWS CONCERNING CHARACTER TRAITS " Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man. " 1a " The business conduct of the disciples of wise men is truthful and faithful He does not allow himself to be made a surety or a guarantor and does not accept the power of attorney. Particularly important in English translations of Maimonides' writings is that translations be made from accurate editions. As the editors write of the selections of Maimonides' works included in Ethical Writings of Maimoindes, "[a]lmost all the translations of these works already available in English are inadequate because they either are not precise enough or are not based upon the best.

Here are the most significant ethical writings of the 12th-century philosopher, physician, and master of rabbinical literature — translated from the original sources by noted Maimonides scholars. Includes the first English versions of "Eight Chapters," plus "Laws Concerning Character Traits," "Treatise on the Art of Logic," and gleanings from Maimonides' medical writings. Ethical writings of Maimonides. , New York University Press. in English. cccc. Borrow. Ethical Writings of Maimonides Dover books on western philosophy Philosophy and Religion Series: Authors: Moses Maimonides, Raymond L. Weiss: Editor: Charles E. Butterworth: Edition: unabridged.