The quest for God and the good: world philosophy as a living experience
Diana Lobel
The quest for God and the good: world philosophy as a living experience
المؤلف
Diana Lobelطبع 1
قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
The quest for God and the good: world philosophy as a living experience / Diana Lobelبيانات النشر
نیویورک : Columbia University Press، 2011مالمواصفات الشكلية
xiii, 292 p.; 23 cm.الموضوع
Philosophy and religionGod Comparative studies
Good and evil -- Religious aspects Comparative studies
Religious life Comparative studies
اللغة
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]752[-772( and index.
المحتويات
"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