Tag: Maimonides
Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment
A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete.
“Thomists Versus Thomas”
Remarkably parallel struggles go on, as well, in Protestant and Jewish circles, whether the debate focuses on C.S. Lewis or Maimonides, Augustine of Hippo or Samson Raphael Hirsch.
Philosopher J.P. Moreland on Theistic Evolution
What does the new book have to offer the perplexed today that previous works don’t?
Music for Monarchs: A Conversation with Mark Lewis
“I knew the vocals had to be percussive and ‘sound’ African, but I, of course, don’t speak Swahili or any other African language. I do speak Korean, though, and many of its syllables are similar in sound to Swahili.”
Judaism Without God?
“The 18th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated from his Jewish community for equating God with nature. Today, his writings are studied by many Jews.”