Daniel Davies
I’ve been interested in philosophy for as long as I can remember. As a child I often heard about Maimonides, but I was introduced to his philosophy only later, when I spent some time at Yeshivat ha-Kibbutz ha-Dati. To find out that he took philosophy seriously was a huge eye-opener, and an inspiration. After that, I studied theology at the University of Birmingham, where I was introduced to Christian philosophy of religion, particularly that written or influenced by medieval Latin authors. For my postgraduate studies I went to Cambridge, where I began to look also at the Arabic background of Jewish thought and developed an interest in wider Islamic and Arabic philosophy. After finishing my PhD I worked in the Genizah Research Unit for a few years, cataloguing manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah. Now I work on the PESHAT project, creating a database of medieval Hebrew technical terminology. I’m continuing research into medieval philosophy, but I’m also interested in current philosophy and theology. As well as reading contemporary works for their intrinsic worth, I find that some of it can help elucidate the history of philosophy, either by explaining ambiguities or indicating limitations in the earlier writings.
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Daniel Davies explores Maimonides’ approaches to issues of perennial and universal concern: human nature and the soul, the problem of evil, the creation of the world, the question of God’s existence, and negative theology. He addresses the unusual ways in which Maimonides presented his arguments, contextualising Maimonides’ thought in the philosophy and religion of his own time, as well as elucidating it for today’s readers.
This philosophically rich introduction is an essential guide for students and scholars of medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, theology and Jewish studies.
Translation with introduction and commentary of all Galen's surviving shorter works on psychology or ethics.
Papers by Daniel Davies
Daniel Davies explores Maimonides’ approaches to issues of perennial and universal concern: human nature and the soul, the problem of evil, the creation of the world, the question of God’s existence, and negative theology. He addresses the unusual ways in which Maimonides presented his arguments, contextualising Maimonides’ thought in the philosophy and religion of his own time, as well as elucidating it for today’s readers.
This philosophically rich introduction is an essential guide for students and scholars of medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, theology and Jewish studies.
Translation with introduction and commentary of all Galen's surviving shorter works on psychology or ethics.