Overview
Fills a gap in existing scholarship by exploring Levi Gersonides' ethics and politics
Introduces English readers to Levi Gersonides' hermeneutical method and philosophic model and provides access to his biblical commentaries for the first time (in English)
Represents a unique and substantive contribution to scholarship on medieval Judaism and contemporary virtue ethics
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“The ancient question of what constitutes a good life has become urgent for us. What are the virtues that best promote human flourishing? How should we think about human excellence? How can we square human choice, judgment, and action with the emerging scientific picture of our brains? Green does a real service by bringing the virtue ethics of a great medieval rationalist, Gersonides, into full view. We are in his debt for allowing Gersonides to join our contemporary conversation.” (Alan Mittleman, Jewish Theological Seminary, USA)
“In his The Virtue Ethics of Levi Gersonides, Alexander Green lucidly represents the thought of this generally little known 14th century Jewish philosopher. He also shows Gersonides' relevance for current philosophical interest in an ethics that is concerned with human character and not just with rules for human conduct. Green skillfully puts Gersonides into conversation with contemporary virtue theorists like Alasdair MacIntyre and Martha Nussbaum.” (David Novak, University of Toronto)
“This welcome study of virtue ethics in medieval Jewish thought focuses on Gersonides, a fourteenth century philosopher-scientist, in the light of three of his predecessors: Aristotle, Maimonides, and Nahmanides. Informed by contemporary philosophical debates, Green's careful work opens new vistas in the study of one of medieval Judaism's most protean figures.” (Menachem Kellner, Shalem College and University of Haifa, Israel)
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Book Title: The Virtue Ethics of Levi Gersonides
Authors: Alexander Green
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40820-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82192-4Published: 11 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40820-0Published: 29 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 195
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medieval Philosophy, Comparative Religion, Jewish Theology, History of Medieval Europe