This work opens with a meditation on the necessity of didactic metaphor and a consideration of a problematic paradox arising from philosophical optimism.
This work opens with a meditation on the necessity of didactic metaphor and a consideration of a problematic paradox arising from philosophical optimism. It envisions a "prime mover" who empowers heavenly spheres with an animating force, linking them with angels, and proclaims that God can only be described in negative terms before criticizing the principle of kalam. Addressed to the author's student, the author of a dissertation on the problems of creation named (*) Joseph ben Judah, it closes by attempting to apply a logical interpretation to the Mishneh, for which the author also wrote some famous commentaries. For 10 points, identify this guide by Rambam or Maimonides, which seeks to explain the author's views on religion and philosophy to the titular confused individual.
This work opens with a meditation on the necessity of didactic metaphor and a consideration of a problematic paradox arising from philosophical optimism.
The {Guide for the Perplexed} [or {Moreh Nevechim} or {dalalat alhairin} or {Guide of the Perplexed}; do not accept “Guide to the Perplexed”]