Maimonides on the Origin of the World PDF
by Kenneth Seeskin
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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.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/04/2005
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- ISBN:9780511345876
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- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/04/2005
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- ISBN:9780511345876