Aquinas and Maimonides on the Possibility of the Knowledge of God

Download or read book Aquinas and Maimonides on the Possibility of the Knowledge of God written by Mercedes Rubio and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-07-18 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth study of Thomas Aquinas’ Quaestio de Attributis binds together the findings of previous research on the unique history of this text by reconstructing the historical circumstances surrounding its composition, shows that the Quaestio contains Aquinas’ final answer to the dispute on the divine attributes, and thoroughly examines his interpretation of Maimonides’ position on the issue of the knowledge of God by analysing this and other texts related to it chronologically and doctrinally.