First translated into English by Michael Friedlander, this work's second book deals with Aristotle's theory of concentric heavenly spheres and outlines the thirteen levels of prophecy. The third and final book is an in-depth analysis of a passage in Ezekiel; the first book puts forth the author's thesis that words purportin
First translated into English by Michael Friedlander, this work's second book deals with Aristotle's theory of concentric heavenly spheres and outlines the thirteen levels of prophecy. The third and final book is an in-depth analysis of a passage in Ezekiel; the first book puts forth the author's thesis that words purporting to describe God are really only homonyms capable of describing physical objects, an argument perhaps designed against the anthropomorphic God of the Kalam scholars, who were opposed by this work's author. Written as a letter to its author's pupil Rabbi Joseph, FTP, name this ►philosophical work by Moses Maimonides written to instruct confused souls.
First translated into English by Michael Friedlander, this work's second book deals with Aristotle's theory of concentric heavenly spheres and outlines the thirteen levels of prophecy.
Guide for the Perplexed