Book contents
- Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Form
- Part II Human Beginnings
- Part III The Creator
- Part IV The Created
- Part V Human Finitude
- Part VI Human Ends
- Chapter 13 The Nature and Purpose of Divine Law
- Chapter 14 Maimonides on Human Perfection and the Love of God
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Chapter 14 - Maimonides on Human Perfection and the Love of God
from Part VI - Human Ends
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2021
Book contents
- Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
- Cambridge Critical Guides
- Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Form
- Part II Human Beginnings
- Part III The Creator
- Part IV The Created
- Part V Human Finitude
- Part VI Human Ends
- Chapter 13 The Nature and Purpose of Divine Law
- Chapter 14 Maimonides on Human Perfection and the Love of God
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Critical Guides
Summary
In this passage, we see Maimonides wrestling with a certain tension in his life: on the one hand, a devotion to his time-consuming obligations as a physician, to healing the sick among the wealthy and the poor; on the other hand, his personal desire for the opportunity to engage in the study of Torah and other religious and philosophical texts. He is torn between two competing values: the life of practical activity and the life of contemplation.
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- Maimonides' Guide of the PerplexedA Critical Guide, pp. 266 - 285Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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