Dr. Steven Nadler, professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the author of numerous publications, including works on Spinoza, Descartes, Leibniz, and medieval and Jewish philosophy. He published the brief 136-page book Why Read Maimonides Today in 2026. He was born on November 11, 1958, and is an American academic and philosopher specializing in 17th-century philosophy. He is also the director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities at his university.

Nadler’s book explains why Maimonides’s teachings still matter. He writes an easy-to-read guide that introduces readers to both the life and the ideas of the medieval sage. Maimonides, who lived from 1138 to 1204, was a brilliant, unusual individual. He was a........

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