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An Examination of the Singular in Maimonides and Spinoza: Prophecy, Intellect, and Politics
✍ Scribed by Norman L. Whitman
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- Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
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- 2020
- Tongue
- English
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- 285
- Edition
- 1st ed.
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- Library
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✦ Synopsis
This book presents an alternative reading of the respective works of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza. It argues that both thinkers are primarily concerned with the singular perfection of the complete human being rather than with attaining only rational knowledge. Complete perfection of a human being expresses the unique concord of concrete activities, such as ethics, politics, and psychology, with reason. The necessity of concrete historical activities in generating perfection entails that both thinkers are not primarily concerned with an “escape” to a metaphysical realm of transcendent or universal truths via cognition. Instead, both are focused on developing and cultivating individuals’ concrete desires and activities to the potential benefit of all. This book argues that rather than solely focusing on individual enlightenment, both thinkers are primarily concerned with a political life and the improvement of fellow citizens’ capacities. A key theme throughout the text is that both Maimonides and Spinoza realize that an apolitical life undermines individual and social flourishing.
✦ Table of Contents
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Introduction (Norman L. Whitman)....Pages 1-10
Prophecy and Intuition: Singular Knowledge in Maimonides’ and Spinoza’s Philosophy (Norman L. Whitman)....Pages 11-46
Out of Many: Prophecy and Sovereign Authority in Maimonides’ and Spinoza’s Politics (Norman L. Whitman)....Pages 47-108
A Singular Method: A Healing of the Soul and an Emendation of the Intellect (Norman L. Whitman)....Pages 109-167
The Demand of the Concrete: The Non-Contingency of Language (Norman L. Whitman)....Pages 169-225
The “Place” of Reason (Norman L. Whitman)....Pages 227-265
Back Matter ....Pages 267-278
✦ Subjects
Religious Studies; Jewish Theology; Metaphysics
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