Reason and Revelation: Medieval Political Thought

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Examines classics of medieval political philosophy across Christianity, Judaism and Islam, including such thinkers as Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockham, Maimonides, Averroes and al-Farabi, asking such questions as: What can we know about the good by nature? Can reason suffice for determining laws governing the common good or do human beings need recourse to divine revelation? Is God bound by natural law or is God's will independent of reason?