The place of the doctrine of providence according to Maimonides.(Critical Essay)

From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

translated by Gabriel Bartlett and Svetozar Minkov

[93] * IN THE GUIDE OF THE PERPLEXED, Maimonides does not treat the doctrine of divine omniscience and divine providence in a strictly theological context. He arrives at this subject for the first time in the third section of the Guide, after he has concluded the thematic treatment of at least the following themes: (1) the names and attributes of God (I 1-70); (2) the proof of the existence, unity, and incorporeality of God (I 71-II 1); (3) the separate intelligences and the order of the world (II 2-12); (4) the creation of ...

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