Jewish Socratic Questions in an Age Without Plato : : Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa.
"Yehuda Halper examines Jewish depictions of Socrates and Socratic questioning of the divine among European and North African Jews of the 12th-15th centuries. Without direct access to Plato, their understanding of Socrates is indirect, based on legendary material, on fragmentary quotations from...
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Halper, Yehuda. Jewish Socratic Questions in an Age Without Plato : Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa. 1st ed. Boston : BRILL, 2021. ©2021. 1 online resource (276 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Maimonides Library for Philosophy and Religion Series ; v.1 "Yehuda Halper examines Jewish depictions of Socrates and Socratic questioning of the divine among European and North African Jews of the 12th-15th centuries. Without direct access to Plato, their understanding of Socrates is indirect, based on legendary material, on fragmentary quotations from Plato, or on Aristotle. Out of these sources, Jewish authors of this period formed two distinct views of Socrates: one as a wise, ascetic, monotheist, and the other as a vocal skeptic. The latter view has its roots in Plato's Apology where Socrates describes his divine mandate to question all knowledge, including knowledge of the divine. After exploring how this and similar questions arise in the works of Judah Halevi and the Hebrew Averroes, Halper traces how such open-questioning of the divine arises in the works of Maimonides, Jacob Anatoli, Gersonides, and Abraham Bibago"-- Provided by publisher. Was Socrates a wise, ascetic monotheist or a vocal sceptic? -- Socrates and Socratic philosophy in Judah Halevi's Kuzari -- Socratic scepticisim and the problem of Akrasia according to Averroes -- Does Maimonides's Mishneh Torah forbid reading the Guide of the Perplexed ? On Platonic punishments for freethinkers -- Keep your sons from logic -- The sex life of metaphysical sceptic : Platonic themes in Gersonides's commentary on the Song of Songs -- Philosophical allegory in Bibago : exegetical duplicity for the sake of open inquiry. Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Jewish philosophy History To 1500. Philosophy, Ancient Influence. Jews Civilization Greek influences. Judaism and philosophy. Socrates Influence. 90-04-44873-X Maimonides Library for Philosophy and Religion Series |
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Halper, Yehuda. Jewish Socratic Questions in an Age Without Plato : Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa. Maimonides Library for Philosophy and Religion Series ; Was Socrates a wise, ascetic monotheist or a vocal sceptic? -- Socrates and Socratic philosophy in Judah Halevi's Kuzari -- Socratic scepticisim and the problem of Akrasia according to Averroes -- Does Maimonides's Mishneh Torah forbid reading the Guide of the Perplexed ? On Platonic punishments for freethinkers -- Keep your sons from logic -- The sex life of metaphysical sceptic : Platonic themes in Gersonides's commentary on the Song of Songs -- Philosophical allegory in Bibago : exegetical duplicity for the sake of open inquiry. |
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Jewish Socratic Questions in an Age Without Plato : Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa. |
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Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa. |
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Jewish Socratic Questions in an Age Without Plato : Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa. |
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Jewish Socratic Questions in an Age Without Plato : Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa. |
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Jewish Socratic Questions in an Age Without Plato : Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa. |
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Jewish Socratic Questions in an Age Without Plato : Permitting and Forbidding Open Inquiry in 12-15th Century Europe and North Africa. |
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Was Socrates a wise, ascetic monotheist or a vocal sceptic? -- Socrates and Socratic philosophy in Judah Halevi's Kuzari -- Socratic scepticisim and the problem of Akrasia according to Averroes -- Does Maimonides's Mishneh Torah forbid reading the Guide of the Perplexed ? On Platonic punishments for freethinkers -- Keep your sons from logic -- The sex life of metaphysical sceptic : Platonic themes in Gersonides's commentary on the Song of Songs -- Philosophical allegory in Bibago : exegetical duplicity for the sake of open inquiry. |
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