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The Philosophy of Maimonides and its Systematic Place in the History of Philosophy1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

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Moses Maimondes, born March 30, 1135, the eight hundredth anniversary of whose birth we now commemorate, is one of those universal spirits who mastered the whole realm of knowledge of their time. His fruitful and extensive literary activity covered many fields: astronomy, medicine, Talmud, and philosophy. His works on medicine were in former tunes highly esteemed. In the field of philosophy he strove for the synthesis of Aristotelianism and revealed religion, an endeavour which was of paramount importance for the later development of philosophic thought. His influence as a philosopher is not confined to the sphere of Jewish thought, but has left a lasting impression on the history of philosophy in general.

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Philosophy , Volume 11 , Issue 41 , January 1936 , pp. 60 - 75
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1936

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page 66 note 1 cf. Guttmann, Julius: Die Philosophie des Iudentvms. München, 1933. P.185.Google Scholar

page 71 note 1 Cf. Saisset, Emile, in Revue de Deux Mondes, 1862.Google Scholar—Guttman, Jacob, Das Verhältniss des Thomas von Aquino zum Judentum und zur jüdischen Litteratur, Göttingen, 1891.Google Scholar—Guttmann, Jacob, Der Einfluss der Maimonideschen Philosophie auf das christliche Abendland, in Moses ben Maimon, Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums, Leipzig, 1908.Google Scholar

page 71 note 2 Published by a French scholar, de Careil, Foucher; Leibniz, La Philosophic juive et la caballe, Paris, 1861.Google Scholar

page 72 note 1 Egregium video esse librum rabbi Mosis Maimonidis qui inscribitur Doctor perplexorum, et magis philosophicum quam putaram, dignum adeo lectione attenta; fuit im philosophia, mathematicis, medica arte, denique sacrae scripturae intelligentia insignis.