El silencio como acercamiento a Dios en Maimónides
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Silence, God, Maimonides, Looseness of expression, Attributes, Neoplatonism, Ismaelism
Abstract
Silence as praise to God is directly linked in Maimonides’ theology to some asserts concerning divine nature which makes Him absolutely unknowable. In Guide I (chapters 50 to 60) Maimonides considers that divine and human knowledge and nature have nothing in common, but even so we can direct our mind towards God through ‘looseness of expression’ (tasāmuh), a device which, nevertheless, doesn’t allow us to grasp His essence. According to Maimonides, we worship God through silence even if we can express our attempt to approach him through attributes of action and the negation of any attribute that could express an essence.Downloads
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2010-10-07
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Beltrán M. (2010). El silencio como acercamiento a Dios en Maimónides. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, 15, 7-26. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ILUR/article/view/ILUR1010110007A
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