JUST/CLAS/RELG 3022 and PHIL 3729: Searching for God: Week 12: Medieval Philosophy
Topic for the week
Topic: Medieval Philosophy: Al-Farabi, Maimonides, and Aquinas
Primary Sources: Medieval Philosophy
- The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1 (Entire book)
Moshe, . M., & Pines, S. (1978). The guide of the perplexed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. - The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 2 (Entire book)
Moshe, . M., & Pines, S. (1978). The guide of the perplexed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Guide for the Perplexed (Part 1: Chapter 27)Moshe, . M., & Pines, S. (1978). The guide of the perplexed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Guide for the Perplexed (Part 1: Chapter 48)Moshe, . M., & Pines, S. (1978). The guide of the perplexed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Want to hear these read aloud?
- Mishneh Torah, Foundations of the Torah 1Current Version: Torat Emet 363 Source: toratemetfreeware.com License: Public Domain
Current Translation: Mishnah Torah, Yod ha-hazakah, trans. by Simon Glazer, 1927 Source: primo.nli.org.il Digitization: Sefaria License: Public Domain - Al-Ghazali, Incoherence of the Philosophers (Problems 8 and 9) (pdf)Ghazzālī-al, T., & Kamali, S. A. (1963). al-Ghazali's Tahafut al-falasifah: [Incoherence of the philosophers].
- Aquinas Summa Theologica 1.9 The Immutability of GodIs God altogether immutable? Does it belong to God alone to be immutable?
- Maimonides Mishneh Torah, Repentance 5:5Current Version:Torat Emet 363 Source: toratemetfreeware.com License: Public Domain
Current Translation: Mishnah Torah, Yod ha-hazakah, trans. by Simon Glazer, 1927 Source: primo.nli.org.il License: Public Domain
Maimonides’s theology: Guide 1:35-36, 1:46, 1:50-55 (especially this last chapter), 1:65, 1:68-69 (skim), 2:Introduction, 2:1. Mishneh Torah
Maimonides recasting of Midrash: Guide 1:70 (specifically 93a [p. 174 in S. Pines transl.])
McCarthy, R.J. (1953): The Theology of al-Ash‘ari. Beirut p. 100 (question and answer 172).
Secondary Sources: Medieval Philosophy
- What we can say about GodRudavsky, T.M. (2010). What we can say about God. In Maimonides (eds S. Nadler and T.M. Rudavsky). DOI: 10.1002/9781444318012.ch3
- The Theology of AristotleAdamson, Peter, "The Theology of Aristotle", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.),
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Speculative 18th-century depiction of Maimonides (public domain)
An altarpiece in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, by Carlo Crivelli (15th century) The National Gallery
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