000940754 000__ 03106cam\a2200481Ia\4500 000940754 001__ 940754 000940754 005__ 20230306152201.0 000940754 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000940754 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000940754 008__ 200821s2020\\\\sz\\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000940754 019__ $$a1191073816 000940754 020__ $$a9783030494728$$q(electronic book) 000940754 020__ $$a3030494721$$q(electronic book) 000940754 020__ $$z3030494713 000940754 020__ $$z9783030494711 000940754 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-3-030-49472-8$$2doi 000940754 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-3-030-49 000940754 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)on1184682874 000940754 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)1184682874$$z(OCoLC)1191073816 000940754 040__ $$aYDX$$beng$$cYDX$$dGW5XE$$dLQU$$dEBLCP 000940754 049__ $$aISEA 000940754 050_4 $$aBD233 000940754 08204 $$a179/.9$$223 000940754 1001_ $$aWhitman, Norman Lee. 000940754 24513 $$aAn examination of the singular in Maimonides and Spinoza :$$bprophecy, intellect, and politics /$$cNorman L. Whitman. 000940754 260__ $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c2020. 000940754 300__ $$a1 online resource 000940754 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000940754 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000940754 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000940754 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000940754 5050_ $$a1. Introduction -- 2. Prophecy and Intuition: Singular Knowledge in Maimonides and Spinozas Philosophy -- 3. Out of Many: Prophecy and Sovereign Authority in Maimonides and Spinozas Politics -- 4. A Singular Method: A Healing of the Soul and an Emendation of the Intellect -- 5. The Demand of the Concrete: The Non-Contingency of Language -- 6. The "Place" of Reason. 000940754 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000940754 520__ $$aThis book presents an alternative reading of the respective works of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza. It argues that both thinkers are primarily concerned with the singular perfection of the complete human being rather than with attaining only rational knowledge. Complete perfection of a human being expresses the unique concord of concrete activities, such as ethics, politics, and psychology, with reason. The necessity of concrete historical activities in generating perfection entails that both thinkers are not primarily concerned with an "escape" to a metaphysical realm of transcendent or universal truths via cognition. Instead, both are focused on developing and cultivating individuals concrete desires and activities to the potential benefit of all. This book argues that rather than solely focusing on individual enlightenment, both thinkers are primarily concerned with a political life and the improvement of fellow citizens capacities. A key theme throughout the text is that both Maimonides and Spinoza realize that an apolitical life undermines individual and social flourishing. 000940754 60010 $$aMaimonides, Moses,$$d1135-1204. 000940754 60010 $$aSpinoza, Benedictus de,$$d1632-1677. 000940754 650_0 $$aPerfection. 000940754 650_0 $$aJewish philosophy. 000940754 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z3030494713$$z9783030494711$$w(OCoLC)1154126008 000940754 852__ $$bebk 000940754 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-49472-8$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 000940754 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:940754$$pGLOBAL_SET 000940754 980__ $$aEBOOK 000940754 980__ $$aBIB 000940754 982__ $$aEbook 000940754 983__ $$aOnline 000940754 994__ $$a92$$bISE