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Philosophy and Law: Contributions to the Understanding of Maimonides and His Predecessors
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In a phrase of Hermann Cohen, Maimonides is the “classic of rationalism” in Judaism. This phrase appears to us to be correct in a stricter sense than Cohen may have intended: Maimonides’…

Contributor:

Leo Strauss

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Date:

1935

Subjects:

Enlightenment, Philosophy, Rationalism, Rabbis, Scholarship

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Science & Philosophy, Metaphysics, Rabbinic Law, Law
In the Valley of Death
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Human wisdom has limits—stupidity has none. God created a world with gifts and blessings for all: earth and water, sun and air in plenty, rye and wheat in abundance, a potato for everyone, a roof…

Contributor:

Chaim Lieberman

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New York City, United States of America

Date:

1938

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Jewish identity, Christian-Jewish relations, Violence, Fascism

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Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Ethics, Metaphysics