- Islamic and Jewish Philosophies

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This course provides an introduction to philosophy in Islamic and Jewish traditions, placing Jewish and Muslim philosophical texts and thinkers in conversation with one another. What is the nature of a human being? What are the limits of rationality? How are philosophical, spiritual, and mystical ways of knowing related? What role ought philosophy and religion play in society? Through in-depth study of treatises and allegorical texts, students will engage questions such as these from both Islamic and Jewish perspectives.