Did judaism try to match itself with a wholesome world view? Christian philosophers tried to understand the world through their christian beliefs and faigh in god. Did jews do the same? Are there any attemps to sort of take the specificly jewish religious writings and construct a wholesome world view through them?
I mean like hegel or spinoza(yes he was jewish but he did not really rely on judaism).
If there arent any why not? Maybe later ones? were jewish communities too conservative? Spinoza was cast out for his ideas for example..
Were there any attemps in the 18th or 19th centuries?
>>1384616
>a wholesome world view
meaning what?
>>1384627
Like an attempt tp explain the world through jewish faith. make assertions about the nature of being etc...Like hegel for example.
>>1384676
>>1384616
You should check out Maimonides's work, especially a guide to the perplexed.
Although, I should warn you, despite it being a "student tier" book by Maimonides's own standards, he pretty much assumes you have the entire OT and Talmud more or less memorized, so it can be tough to get through if you don't have a thorough background in Judaica.
And you get pieces of that in the Gemara itself, but just due to the rambling nature of the texts, never really concentrated in any one area, just various arguments as to the nature of reality scattered hither and yon.
>>1384749
Can you summerize it a bit?
>>1384616
Jews constructing a wholesome worldview and attempting to explain the world through their jewish vision.
>>1384756
Guide to the Perplexed or the Gemara teachings?
Because the latter doesn't really have any definitive summary. It is literally scattered arguments of rabbis over the course of about four hundred years, some of which touch upon the nature of reality. There's not even a definitive point reached, it's more like looking into a collection of debates.
For Guide, (and Maimonideac thought in general) you have an identification of the "soul" with the higher functions of the mind, and a series of assertions that Judaism is essentially an attempt at training the self into higher states of utilization of this mind/soul. When death comes, the soul is stripped of the body, and is catapulted into an existence of pure mind, which it might or might not be prepared for.
Essentially, a good life involves using the material aspect to help feed the higher function mind rather than the other way around.
>>1384781
Really makes you think.
