The Guide of the Perplexed -
਀      吀眀漀 嘀漀氀甀洀攀猀 椀渀 䔀渀最氀椀猀栀㰀⼀栀㄀㸀 ਀    㰀℀ⴀⴀ 戀攀最椀渀 搀椀瘀 渀愀洀攀㴀∀一愀瘀椀最愀琀攀䄀∀ ⴀⴀ㸀

਀      㰀猀瀀愀渀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀氀椀渀攀ⴀ栀攀椀最栀琀㨀 ㄀⸀㘀攀洀㬀∀㸀䈀礀 琀栀攀 最爀愀挀攀 漀昀 䜀ⴀ搀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀㰀⼀猀瀀愀渀㸀㰀戀爀⼀㸀      ਀㰀℀ⴀⴀ 漀渀挀氀椀挀欀㴀∀栀椀猀琀漀爀礀⸀昀漀爀眀愀爀搀⠀⤀∀ ⴀⴀ㸀

਀    㰀℀ⴀⴀ 攀渀搀 搀椀瘀 渀愀洀攀㴀∀一愀瘀椀最愀琀攀䄀∀ ⴀⴀ㸀 ਀    㰀栀㈀㸀戀礀 刀愀戀戀椀 䴀漀猀攀猀 䴀愀椀洀漀渀椀搀攀猀 ⠀㄀㄀㌀㔀ⴀ㄀㈀　㐀⤀㰀戀爀⼀㸀 translated from Arabic by Shlomo Pines (1908-1990)

਀      㰀栀㐀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀洀愀爀最椀渀ⴀ戀漀琀琀漀洀㨀 　⸀㘀攀洀㬀∀㸀䌀愀氀氀 一甀洀戀攀爀猀㨀㰀⼀栀㐀㸀 • 181.3
਀      ☀戀甀氀氀㬀 䈀䴀㔀㐀㔀⸀䐀㌀㌀ 倀㔀 嘀⸀　㄀㰀戀爀⼀㸀 • BM545.D33 P5 V.02
਀      嬀 ☀戀甀氀氀㬀 䈀䴀㔀㐀㔀⸀䜀㤀㐀㄀ 倀㘀㔀㌀ 崀㰀戀爀⼀㸀

Overview

This monument of rabbinical exegesis written [by Maimonides] at਀      琀栀攀 攀渀搀 漀昀 琀栀攀 琀眀攀氀昀琀栀 挀攀渀琀甀爀礀 栀愀猀 攀砀攀爀琀攀搀 愀渀 椀洀洀攀渀猀攀 愀渀搀 continuing influence upon Jewish thought.  It has also been a਀      昀漀爀洀愀琀椀瘀攀 攀氀攀洀攀渀琀 椀渀 琀栀攀 琀栀椀渀欀椀渀最 漀昀 氀攀愀搀椀渀最 䌀栀爀椀猀琀椀愀渀 眀爀椀琀攀爀猀 愀渀搀 philosophers down through the seventeenth century.  The Guide਀      椀猀 渀漀琀 愀 瀀栀椀氀漀猀漀瀀栀椀挀愀氀 琀爀攀愀琀椀猀攀⸀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀 刀愀琀栀攀爀Ⰰ 椀琀猀 愀椀洀 椀猀 琀漀 liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from਀      琀栀攀椀爀 甀渀搀攀爀猀琀愀渀搀椀渀最 漀昀 琀栀攀 䈀椀戀氀攀 愀挀挀漀爀搀椀渀最 漀渀氀礀 琀漀 椀琀猀 氀椀琀攀爀愀氀 meaning.  This celebrated translation contains extensive਀      椀渀琀爀漀搀甀挀琀椀漀渀猀 戀礀 匀栀氀漀洀漀 倀椀渀攀猀 愀渀搀 䰀攀漀 匀琀爀愀甀猀猀Ⰰ 愀 氀攀愀搀椀渀最 愀甀琀栀漀爀椀琀礀 on Maimonides.  The original Arabic text of three volumes is਀      愀瘀愀椀氀愀戀氀攀 椀渀 愀渀 䔀渀最氀椀猀栀Ⰰ 㰀渀漀戀爀㸀琀眀漀ⴀ瘀漀氀甀洀攀㰀⼀渀漀戀爀㸀 瀀愀瀀攀爀戀愀挀欀 edition.

About Leo Strauss

Leo Strauss (1899–1973) is widely recognized as one of the਀      昀漀爀攀洀漀猀琀 椀渀琀攀爀瀀爀攀琀攀爀猀 漀昀 䴀愀椀洀漀渀椀搀攀猀⸀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀 䠀椀猀 猀琀甀搀椀攀猀 漀昀 琀栀攀 medieval Jewish philosopher led to his rediscovery of esotericism਀      愀渀搀 搀攀攀瀀攀渀攀搀 栀椀猀 猀攀渀猀攀 琀栀愀琀 琀栀攀 琀攀渀猀椀漀渀 戀攀琀眀攀攀渀 爀攀愀猀漀渀 愀渀搀 revelation was central to modern political thought.  His਀      眀爀椀琀椀渀最猀 琀栀爀漀甀最栀漀甀琀 琀栀攀 琀眀攀渀琀椀攀琀栀 挀攀渀琀甀爀礀 眀攀爀攀 挀栀椀攀昀氀礀 爀攀猀瀀漀渀猀椀戀氀攀 for restoring Maimonides as a philosophical thinker of the first਀      爀愀渀欀⸀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀 夀攀琀Ⰰ 琀漀 愀瀀瀀爀攀挀椀愀琀攀 琀栀攀 攀砀琀攀渀琀 漀昀 匀琀爀愀甀猀猀ᤀ猠 contribution to the scholarship on Maimonides, one has਀      琀爀愀搀椀琀椀漀渀愀氀氀礀 栀愀搀 琀漀 猀攀攀欀 漀甀琀 攀猀猀愀礀猀 栀攀 瀀甀戀氀椀猀栀攀搀 猀攀瀀愀爀愀琀攀氀礀 spanning almost fifty years.

Editorial Reviews

Booknews:

A reprint of the abridged translation prepared by Julius Guttmann਀      愀渀搀 䌀栀愀椀洀 刀愀戀椀渀 愀渀搀 瀀甀戀氀椀猀栀攀搀 椀渀 ㄀㤀㔀㈀ 琀漀 猀攀爀瘀攀 愀猀 愀渀 椀渀琀爀漀搀甀挀琀椀漀渀 for beginning students and educated lay readers to the ideas of਀      䴀愀椀洀漀渀椀搀攀猀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀搀愀猀栀㬀 琀栀攀 㰀渀漀戀爀㸀㄀㈀琀栀ⴀ挀攀渀琀甀爀礀㰀⼀渀漀戀爀㸀 䨀攀眀椀猀栀 philosopher.
਀      ⴀⴀ 䄀渀渀漀琀愀琀椀漀渀 ⠀挀⤀ 䈀漀漀欀 一攀眀猀Ⰰ 䤀渀挀⸀Ⰰ 倀漀爀琀氀愀渀搀Ⰰ 伀刀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀ⴀⴀ 戀漀漀欀渀攀眀猀⸀挀漀洀㰀⼀瀀㸀 ਀    㰀搀椀瘀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀瀀愀搀搀椀渀最ⴀ戀漀琀琀漀洀㨀 　⸀㔀攀洀㬀∀㸀

਀        㰀搀搀 猀琀礀氀攀㴀∀洀愀爀最椀渀ⴀ戀漀琀琀漀洀㨀 ⴀ　⸀㜀攀洀㬀∀㸀

Table of Contents

਀        㰀⼀搀搀㸀

Volume 1

਀        㰀搀搀㸀☀搀攀最㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀 䠀漀眀 琀漀 䈀攀最椀渀 吀漀 匀琀甀搀礀 㰀挀椀琀攀㸀吀栀攀 䜀甀椀搀攀 漀昀 琀栀攀 Perplexed
਀          ☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀 戀礀 䰀攀漀 匀琀爀愀甀猀猀㰀⼀搀搀㸀

°  Translator's Introduction

਀        㰀搀搀㸀☀搀攀最㬀☀渀戀猀瀀㬀 倀愀爀琀 䤀㰀⼀搀搀㸀