Philosophy and Law : Contributions to the Understanding of Maimonides and His Predecessors.
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- SUNY Series in the Jewish Writings of Leo Strauss .
- SUNY Series in the Jewish Writings of Leo Strauss .
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Translator's Introduction: The Argument of Philosophy and Law -- I. Strauss's "Introduction -- II. Chapter 1: The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in the Philosophy of Judaism: Notes on Julius Guttmann, The Philosophy of Judaism -- III. Chapter 2: The Legal Foundation of Philosophy: The Commandment to Philosophize and the Freedom of Philosophizing -- IV. Chapter 3: The Philosophic Foundation of the Law: Maimonides' Doctrine of Prophecy and its Sources -- Note on this Translation -- Introduction -- Content -- The Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in the Philosophy of Judaism: Notes on Julius Guttmann, The Philosophy of Judaism -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- The Legal Foundation of Philosophy: The Commandment to Philosophize and the Freedom of Philosophizing -- A. Averroes -- B. Maimonides -- c. Gersonides -- The Philosophic Foundation of the Law: Maimonides's Doctrine of Prophecy and its Sources -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- Back Matter -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. -- Chapter 2. -- Chapter 3. -- Index.