The quest for God and the good world philosophy as a living experience / Diana Lobel.
| Author/creator | Lobel, Diana |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 292 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-277) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010033894 |
| ISBN | 9780231153140 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231153147 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231153157 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0231153155 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780231527019 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0231527012 (electronic) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |