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This is the full, unabridged text of one of the greatest philosophic works of all time. Written by a 12th- century thinker who was equally active as an original philosopher and as a Biblical and Talmudic scholar, it is both a classic of great historical importance and a work... Read Full Overview

"The reissue of Guttmann's edition of Rabin's translation is a welcome event. There has long been a need for a readable, judicious edition, for classroom use, of this large and complex work." --Michael L. Morgan, Indiana University

Gu?a de perplejos o descarriados se compone de los peque?os op?sculos que Rab? Mois?s ben Maimon -Maimonides-, uno de los m?s destacados fil?sofos jud?os (1135-1204), dirigi? a su disc?pulo Ibn Aknin para ayudarle a resolver las dudas que este albergaba s

Written in the 12th century in Arabic by a faithful Jewish man, "The Guide for the Perplexed" is a work that explores the contradiction a very intelligent mind clearly saw between the tradition in which he was raised to believe and the growing philosophy of Arabian and Western... Read Full Overview

La Gu a de los Perplejos es una obra filos fica judaica escrita por una de las autoridades hebreas m s importantes del medioevo, el andalus Maim nides (1135, C rdoba - 1204, Fustat, Egipto), a quien tambi n se conoce en hebreo como Mosh ben Maim n (abreviado, Rambam) y en ... Read Full Overview

Written by the greatest Jewish thinker of the middle ages if not of all time, this title offers a profound and timeless statement of man's relation to himself, to God, and to society.

It is the object of this work "to afford a guide for the perplexed," i.e. "to thinkers whose studies have brought them into collision with religion" (p. 9), "who have studied philosophy and have acquired sound knowledge, and who, while firm in religious matters, are perplexed... Read Full Overview

Great classic of medieval Judaism, major attempt to reconcile revealed religion -- Pentateuch, commentaries -- and Aristotelian philosophy. Enormously important in all Western thought. Includes "Life of Maimonides, " analysis of "The Guide, " indexes of quotations from Scripture,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its... Read Full Overview