Leo Strauss and the rediscovery of Maimonides

The unanticipated Maimonides -- Strauss and irony : bypassing the Maimonidean scholars -- Maimonides and the free mind -- Untying the literary knots : Maimonides the poet -- Why the moderns need the medievals -- Absorbing and surpassing the alternatives -- The Maimonidean revolution : Western tradit...

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Main Author: Green, Kenneth Hart 1953- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chicago [u.a.] University of Chicago Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Reviews:Book Reviews (2014) (Bernstein, Jeffrey A.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204 / Reception / Strauss, Leo 1899-1973
Further subjects:B Jewish Philosophy To 1500
B Strauss, Leo
B Maimonides, Moses (1135-1204) Influence
B Philosophy, American 20th century
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Summary:The unanticipated Maimonides -- Strauss and irony : bypassing the Maimonidean scholars -- Maimonides and the free mind -- Untying the literary knots : Maimonides the poet -- Why the moderns need the medievals -- Absorbing and surpassing the alternatives -- The Maimonidean revolution : Western tradition as reason and revelation
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index
ISBN:0226307018