One of my Thanksgiving break projects is to finish a paper comparing the views of Maimonides and Averroes on the relation of the truths of faith and philosophy. To that end, I’m reading the fabulous new biography of Maimonides by Joel Kraemer: Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds.
One of Maimonides [...]
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