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Auteur(s) : Green, Alexander (1984-....)
Titre(s) : The virtue ethics of Levi Gersonides [Texte imprimé] / Alexander Green
Publication : Buffalo (N.Y.) : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxiii-195 p.) ; 21 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 175-188. Notes bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
This book argues that Levi Gersonides articulates a unique model of virtue ethics
among medieval Jewish thinkers. Gersonides is recognized by scholars as one of the
most innovative Jewish philosophers of the medieval period. His first model of virtue
is a response to the seemingly capricious forces of luck through training in endeavor,
diligence, and cunning aimed at physical self-preservation. His second model of virtue
is altruistic in nature. It is based on the human imitation of God as creator of the
laws of the universe for no self-interested benefit, leading humans to imitate God
through the virtues of loving-kindness, grace, and beneficence. Both these models
are amplified through the institutions of the kingship and the priesthood, which serve
to actualize physical preservation and beneficence on a larger scale, amounting to
recognition of the political necessity for a division of powers
Sujet(s) : Gersonide (1288-1344) -- Morale
Philosophie médiévale
Judaïsme -- Doctrines
Philosophie juive
Europe -- 476-1492
Indice(s) Dewey :
181.06 (23e éd.) = Philosophie juive
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783319408200. - ISBN 3319408208. - ISBN 9783319408194 (erroné). - ISBN 3319408194
(erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45661587z
Notice n° :
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Table des matières : 1. Introduction ; 2. Luck and the Virtues of Physical Preservation ; 3. Altruism
and the Beneficent Virtues ; 4. Justice and the Practical Wisdom of the Individual
; 5. The Ethics of Divided Political Institutions: King, Priest, and Prophet ; 6.
Conclusion. .
