Guide for the Perplexed
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Guide for the Perplexed is a seminal 12th-century philosophical and theological work by Maimonides that seeks to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish religious doctrine.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Jewish philosophical text
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philosophical work → theological work → |
| addressesAudience |
educated Jews troubled by philosophy and scripture
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| author |
Maimonides
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Moses Maimonides → |
| completionDate |
circa 1190
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| genre |
philosophy
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religious philosophy → theology → |
| historicalReception |
controversial among medieval Jewish communities
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subject of Maimonidean controversies in the 13th century → |
| influenceOn |
Christian scholasticism
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Gersonides → Islamic philosophy → Jewish philosophy → Spinoza → Thomas Aquinas → modern Jewish thought → |
| intendedPurpose |
to guide intellectually perplexed believers
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| keyConcept |
divine simplicity
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hierarchy of beings → intellectual perfection → interpretation of anthropomorphic biblical language → limits of human knowledge of God → negative theology → |
| mainTheme |
creation and eternity of the world
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divine providence → evil and suffering → nature of God → problem of anthropomorphism in scripture → prophecy → reconciliation of Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish theology → relationship between reason and revelation → |
| notableHebrewTranslator |
Samuel ibn Tibbon
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| notableTopic |
eternity versus creation ex nihilo
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interpretation of the account of creation in Genesis → nature of prophecy as an intellectual perfection → reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) → |
| originalLanguage |
Judeo-Arabic
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| originalTitle |
Dalalat al-Ha'irin
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Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn → |
| part1Focus |
equivocal terms and anthropomorphic expressions in the Bible
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| part2Focus |
metaphysics and creation
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| part3Focus |
providence, evil, and the reasons for the commandments
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| philosophicalCategory |
Aristotelianism in Judaism
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medieval philosophy → |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Al-Farabi
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Aristotle → Averroes → Avicenna → Islamic philosophy → Neoplatonism → |
| publicationCentury |
12th century
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| religiousCategory |
Jewish theology
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| religiousLawContext |
Halakha
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| religiousTradition |
Judaism
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| settingOfComposition |
Egypt
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| structure |
three parts
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| translatedInto |
English
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Hebrew → Latin → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot)
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hasKeyWork |
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Maimonides
("The Guide for the Perplexed")
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mainWork |
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Judeo-Arabic
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notableWorkLanguageOf |
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Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn
("The Guide for the Perplexed")
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translatedTitle |
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Gersonides
("Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed")
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wroteCommentaryOn |