Kenneth Seeskin

Northwestern University

Kenneth Seeskin is Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor of Jewish Civilization at Northwestern University.  He received his Ph. D. from Yale University in 1972.  He specializes in Jewish Philosophy, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion. His work uses classic texts in the history of philosophy to shed light on problems of perennial interest. His latest book is Maimonides on the Origin of the World (Cambridge UP, 2005). Previous books include Autonomy in Jewish Philosophy (Cambridge UP, 2001), Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides (Oxford UP, 2000), Jewish Philosophy in a Secular Age (SUNY Press) and Maimonides: A Guide for Today's Perplexed (Behrman House). Among his published articles are: “Is the Apology of Socrates a Parody?” “Socratic Philosophy and the Dialogue Form,” “Vlastos on Elenchus and Mathematics,” “Maimonides’ Appropriation of Aristotle’s Ethics,” and  “From Maimonides to Spinoza.”  He has won several teaching awards at Northwestern and has edited the Cambridge Companion to Maimonides.