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Soft cover. Condición: Poor. 1st Edition. VI, 120 pages. The condition of the book is quite fragile, with many chips to the outer wraps and separation and age-discoloration to the interior. [See image.] All pages are present and readable. This title is from the collection of Eric Gutkind, a close family friend. As with every book of my father's, tipped in at the front is a small, attractive, acid-free bookplate, pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly-----domestic sales sent with 'delivery confirmation' tracking; most international sales sent via global priority.…

Hardcover. Photomechanical reprint. Octavo [23.5 cm] Yellow cloth over boards stamped in black and gilt. Light foxing to the text block edges. Traces of light soiling to the front board of volume 1. Text in French and Hebrew. Photomechanical reprint of the 1856-1866 edition. Moses ben Maimoun (1138-1204), more commonly known as Maimonides in the English language, and as Rambam in Hebrew, is viewed as the greatest Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages. This work, The Guide of the Perplexed, is his magnum opus. It is an in-depth treatment of Jewish thought and practice that aims to resolve the conflict between religious knowledge and secular. Although strongly influenced by the Neo-Platonized Aristotelianism that had sprouted in Islamic circles, it departs from the dominant modes of Aristotelian thought by emphasizing the limits of human knowledge and the questionable foundations of significant parts of astronomy and metaphysics. Maimonides was also a well-known physician who wrote medical treatises on numerous diseases and their cures. Later generations of philosophers wrote detailed commentaries on the works of Maimonides, which heavily influenced thinkers such as Aquinas, Spinoza, Leibnitz, and Newton. [Information from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy].…