The quest for God and the good world philosophy as a living experience / Diana Lobel.

Author/creator Lobel, Diana
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press,
Descriptionxiii, 292 p. ; 23 cm.
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Contents "God saw that it was good": the creation of the world in the Hebrew Bible -- A divine craftsman shapes all for the good: Plato's realm of the forms -- Change and the good: Chinese perspectives -- The harmony of reason and revelation: Augustine and Maimonides on good and evil -- You are the absolute: philosophies of India -- Compassion, wisdom, awakening: the way of Buddhism -- The good is that to which all things aim: Aristotle on God and the good -- The philosopher as teacher: Al-Farabi on contemplation and action -- The imitation of God: Maimonides on the active and the contemplative life -- The dance of human expression: al-Ghazali and Maimonides.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-277) and index.
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LCCN 2010033894
ISBN9780231153140 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231153147 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231153157 (pbk.)
ISBN0231153155 (pbk.)
ISBN9780231527019 (electronic)
ISBN0231527012 (electronic)

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