Jewish Philosophy - Class 4 and 5 (1960)

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Rambam, Lecture 5 (1968)

Persevaranain Study 1) Read פ”ג ה”ו 2) RH and נצי”ב on עמל; התמשדה–משמר 3) RH on ידיעה⩽למו; If Plato on being/becoming Quon on supernatural assistanot ת”ת; contract Itaoinim. Thus: LSD…II. Motives: פ”ג ה”ה: תחילת דינו של אדם אינו נדון אלא על התלמוד (קבעת עתים…עסקת שפו”ר, שוות ונחת – אמונה)

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Student Notes on Philosophy 78 (1969)

ספר התניא - every man has an animal soul, a נפש הבהמתית, vital principle in the body – הנפש הבהמתית, הגוף, ואת הצד האנושי שבאדם. הנפש האלקית – only jews have it, has three parts (1) נפש (2) רוח (3) נשמה – highest of three parts. כמו שהאלוקות מתגלה בי ספירות, כמו כן האדם מתבטא רוחניותו בעשר הספירות. החידוש המיוחד שבתניא

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Syllabus for Philosophy 11: Problems in Jewish Philosophy (1970)

I. Free will and determinism: exegetical problems in Bible and commentaries; formulation of the problem in the Mishnah. Parmenides and Democritus – and the history of the problem in Western philosophy. Resolutions suggested by Saadia, Ibn Daud, Halevi, Gersonides, Crescas, with special emphasis on Maimonides. Treatment of the problem by modern secular – especially scientific and psychological – and Christian thinkers.II DOGMATOLOGY. History of Ikkarim - formulations. Attempts in Philo, Talmud. Islamic and Christian dogmatology. Maimonides Principles. Crescas. Albo. Readings in Maimonides and Albo. Contempora y problems.III. FAITH AND DOUBT. Hefinitions of faith in Talmud, Saadia, Maimonides. Classifications of forms of faith by Buber, Wolfson, Tillich. Legitimation of Doubt in context of faith: Talmud, Rashi, Saadia. Writings of contemporary linguistic philosophers.

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