The Quest for God and the Good: World Philosophy as a Living Experience
Author:   Diana Lobel
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
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Pages:   312
Publication Date:   02 August 2011
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Author:   Diana Lobel
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9780231153157


ISBN 10:   0231153155
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   02 August 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. God Saw That It Was Good : The Creation of the World in the Hebrew Bible 2. A Divine Craftsman Shapes All for the Good: Plato's Realm of the Forms 3. Change and the Good: Chinese Perspectives 4. The Harmony of Reason and Revelation: Augustine and Maimonides on Good and Evil 5. You Are the Absolute: Philosophies of India 6. Compassion, Wisdom, Awakening: The Way of Buddhism 7. The Good Is That to Which All Things Aim: Aristotle on God and the Good 8. The Philosopher as Teacher: Al-F?r?b? on Contemplation and Action 9. The Imitation of God: Maimonides on the Active and the Contemplative Life 10. The Dance of Human Expression: al-Ghaz?l? and Maimonides ConclusionNotes Bibliography Index

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Diana Lobel's control of the sources is most impressive, and her writing is very lucid. She has a knack for using everyday, concrete examples to explicate complex concepts, and I highly recommend this book.


She enlists her readers in a close reading and careful analysis of enduring texts from several major religious and philosophical traditions as a way to gain and understanding of key issues in fundamental metaphysics and moral philosophy. * Choice * For those looking for an introduction to world philosophy, this is an excellent option...Lobel is to be thanked for providing us with a wonderful book that both instructs and inspires our own philosophical and spiritual journeys. -- Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier * National Catholic Reporter * Lobel's Quest for God and the Good is about the travel, not the destination; it is about raising the questions, not answering them once and for all. -- Yaniv Feller * Journal of Jewish Thought *


<p>Diana Lobel's control of the sources is most impressive, and her writing is very lucid. She has a knack for using everyday, concrete examples to explicate complex concepts, and I highly recommend this book.


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Diana Lobel is associate professor of religion at Boston University and the author of Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Halevi's Kuzari and A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue: Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya Ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart.

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