@article{940754,
      recid = {940754},
      author = {Whitman, Norman Lee.},
      title = {An examination of the singular in Maimonides and Spinoza :  prophecy, intellect, and politics /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {This book presents an alternative reading of the  respective works of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza. It  argues that both thinkers are primarily concerned with the  singular perfection of the complete human being rather than  with attaining only rational knowledge. Complete perfection  of a human being expresses the unique concord of concrete  activities, such as ethics, politics, and psychology, with  reason. The necessity of concrete historical activities in  generating perfection entails that both thinkers are not  primarily concerned with an "escape" to a metaphysical  realm of transcendent or universal truths via cognition.  Instead, both are focused on developing and cultivating  individuals concrete desires and activities to the  potential benefit of all. This book argues that rather than  solely focusing on individual enlightenment, both thinkers  are primarily concerned with a political life and the  improvement of fellow citizens capacities. A key theme  throughout the text is that both Maimonides and Spinoza  realize that an apolitical life undermines individual and  social flourishing.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/940754},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49472-8,  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49},
}