Title: Moses Maimonides and his time /
Authors: Ormsby, Eric L. 1941-; Catholic University of America.; Spain.
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Maimonides, Moses,; Jewish philosophy.; Philosophy, Medieval.; Jewish philosophy.
Contents: The Jews in Spain at the time of Maimonides / Norman Roth -- Maimonides' Egypt / Mark R. Cohen -- Demonstrative, dialectical and Sophistic arguments in the philosophy of Moses Maimonides / Arthur Hyman -- Maimonides on Aristotle and scientific method / Joel L. Kraemer -- Humility as a virtue: a Maimonidean critique of Aristotle's Ethics / Daniel H. Frank -- Medieval Biblical commentary and philosophical inquiry as exemplified in the thought of Moses Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas / Idit Dobbs-Weinstein -- "What can we know and when can we know it?" Maimonides on the active intelligence and human cognition / Barry S. Kogan -- Freedom and determinism in Maimonides' philosophy / Jerome Gellman -- Maimonides' not-so-secret position on creation / William Dunphy.