A Spinoza scholar clarifies the difference: Your knowledge lives on vs. you share in (and so in part are) divine knowledge now.
Episode 101: Maimonides on God
On Guide for the Perplexed about God’s lack of properties, featuring guest comedian Danny Lobell of the Modern Day Philosophers podcast.
Episode 101: Maimonides on God (Citizen Edition)
On Guide for the Perplexed (1168). What is God? Central to Judaism, at least, is the idea that He’s a unity: “God is One.” Maimonides thinks that this means you can’t attribute properties to God at all: God has no definition, and all the statements about God central to religion are strictly speaking false. With guest Danny Lobell. Learn more.
End song: “Double Negative Theology” by Mark Lint. Read about it.
Topic for #101: Maimonides on God
Discussing “Guide for the Perplexed” on God’s (lack of) characteristics and related matters, featuring guest participant Danny Lobell from the Modern Day Philosophers podcast.
L’Shanah Tovah – Jewish Proofs for the Existence of God (or Lack Thereof)
I think during the Mackie episode I mentioned that proving the existence of God through Reason seemed to me to be a decidely Western and Christian undertaking. I speculated that it wasn’t an issue for Eastern religions (those that have a concept of God or gods) and declared that it wasn’t one for Judaism. It occurs to me that I Continue Reading …