On contradictions, rationality, dialectics, and esotericism in Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed.(Moses ben Maimon)

From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Lorberbaum, Yair | Copyright information

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IN THE FOURTH AND FINAL SECTION of Maimonides's preface to his Guide of the Perplexed, in the section labeled "Introduction" (muqaddima), the author lists seven "causes ... for the contradictory or contrary statements in any book or composition." (1) The best known and most significant of these is the seventh cause. Its subject, according to most classical and modern interpreters of the Guide, is intentional contradictions the purpose of which is to hide the author's ...

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