Daniel Defoe will put Enlightenment thought to the test in his novel Robinson Crusoe. To help us explore the book, Rabbi Rocklin will answer the following questions: <ol> <li>How does Robinson Crusoe develop a rational response to the question of how man should respond to suffering?</li> <li>Why do Crusoe's labors on his island occupy a central role in the narrative?</li> <li>In what sense can Crusoe's religious experience in the novel be considered Jewish-inspired?</li> </ol> Recommended Reading: Defoe, Daniel. <a href= "https://a.co/d/03CDR02V">Robinson Crusoe</a>. 1719. Reprint, New York: Modern Library, 2001.

Daniel Defoe will put Enlightenment thought to the test in his novel Robinson Crusoe. To help us explore the book, Rabbi Rocklin will answer the following questions: How does Robinson Crusoe develop a rational response to the question of how man should respond to suffering? Why do Crusoe's labors on his island occupy a central role in the narrative? In what sense can Crusoe's religious experience in the novel be considered Jewish-inspired? Recommended Reading: Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. 1719. Reprint, New York: Modern Library, 2001.

Daniel Defoe will put Enlightenment thought to the test in his novel Robinson Crusoe. To help us explore the book, Rabbi Rocklin will answer the following questions: <ol> <li>How does Robinson Crusoe develop a rational response to the question of how man should respond to suffering?</li> <li>Why do Crusoe's labors on his island occupy a central role in the narrative?</li> <li>In what sense can Crusoe's religious experience in the novel be considered Jewish-inspired?</li> </ol> Recommended Reading: Defoe, Daniel. <a href="https://a.co/d/03CDR02V" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robinson Crusoe</a>. 1719. Reprint, New York: Modern Library, 2001.

Robinson Crusoe I: The Individual as a Thought Experiment

Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. 

In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin offers a new framework for understanding them—a framework in which the teachings of the Jewish religious tradition play a central role. For, as Rabbi Rocklin explains, Western civilization can only be understood as the product of a transformative and ongoing collision between the great traditions of Jerusalem and Athens—between the religious spirit of the Jews and the philosophical spirit of the Greeks.

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Welcome to The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind, a podcast that tells the story of the prophets, philosophers, and poets who created the West. In this podcast, Rabbi Dr. Mitchell Rocklin guides listeners through more than 3,000 years of Western history, offering a coherent, civilizational story of how the West came to be—along with a deepened understanding of the challenges it now faces. While many of the texts discussed will be familiar to students of the humanities, Rabbi Rocklin offers a new framework for understanding them—a framework in which the teachings of the Jewish religious tradition play a central role. For, as Rabbi Rocklin explains, Western civilization can only be understood as the product of a transformative and ongoing collision between the great traditions of Jerusalem and Athens—between the religious spirit of the Jews and the philosophical spirit of the Greeks.

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