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Jewish, Christian, and Islamic philosophy

For roughly fifteen centuries, thinkers in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic worlds asked how Greek philosophy fits with revealed scripture. Their answers carried Plato and Aristotle into the modern age and produced arguments that are still debated.

In this topic

  • Faith, reason and a question of definition
  • Philo of Alexandria
  • Augustine
  • Boethius and Anselm
  • Translation and falsafa
  • Ibn Sina
  • Worked example: the floating man
  • Worked example: fire and cotton
  • Maimonides
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • Common mistakes to avoid
  • Key takeaways

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