[Avodah] a priori ideas in the "mind" of God

[David Riceman via Avodah]

I read it.  It’s very good, and it’s what prompted me to reread Uvikashtem Misham.

It’s perfectly respectable for someone in the Rambam’s era to use neoplatonic ideas without
comment.  Today it requires serious justification.  The book you cited is RYB’s exposition of the
Rambam’s views, but UM is his exposition of his own views.  Those are the views that 
require justification.

DR




> On Jun 22, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Rich, Joel <JRich at sibson.com> wrote:
> 
> You might want to talk to Lawrence Kaplan:
> aimonides- Between Philosophy and Halacha -Lawrence Kaplan
> 
> This book is based on a series of lectures on the Rambam's Moreh Nevuchim (Guide to The Perplexed)  given by The Rav (Rabbi JB Soloveitchik) at The Bernard Revel Graduate School. It is very heavy lifting and is appropriate in the reviewer's  opinion for those with a deep interest in philosophy (i.e. not the reviewer J)
> Kol tuv
> Joel rich
>  
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:25 PM, David Riceman via Avodah <avodah at lists.aishdas.org <mailto:avodah at lists.aishdas.org>> wrote:
> 
>> I’ve been rereading Uvikeshtem Misham by RYBS, and I find it more puzzling than I recall on my last reading.
>> 
>> Did he (or someone else) discuss this somewhere?
>> 
>> David Riceman
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