The matter and form of Maimonides' guide /

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Author / Creator:Stern, Josef, 1949-
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Description:x, 431 p. ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
Local Note:University of Chicago Library's copy 3 has dust jacket.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9127660
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ISBN:9780674051607 (alk. paper)
0674051602 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Editions and Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Primary Sources
  • 1. Matter and Form
  • 2. Maimonides' Theory of the Parable
  • 3. The Parable of Adamic Perfection
  • 4. Physical Matter and Its Limitations on Intellects
  • 5. Maimonidean Skepticism I
  • 6. Maimonidean Skepticism II
  • 7. In the Inner Chamber of the Ruler's Palace: The Critique of the Theory of Separate Intellects
  • 8. The Embodied Life of an Intellect
  • 9. Excrement and Exegesis, or Shame over Matter
  • References
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index