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THE VIRTUE ETHICS OF LEVI GERSONIDES - ALEXANDE...

This book argues that Levi Gersonides articulates a unique model of virtue ethics among
medieval Jewish thinkers. Gersonides is recognized by scholars as one of the most innovative
Jewish philosophers of the medieval period. His first model of virtue is a response to the
seemingly capricious forces of luck through training in endeavor  diligence  and cunning aimed
at physical self-preservation. His second model of virtue is altruistic in nature. It is based
on the human imitation of God as creator of the laws of the universe for no self-interested
benefit  leading humans to imitate God through the virtues of loving-kindness  grace  and
beneficence. Both these models are amplified through the institutions of the kingship and the
priesthood  which serve to actualize physical preservation and beneficence on a larger scale 
amounting to recognition of the political necessity for a division of powers.

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