Philosophy and Judaism

As per the Chief Rabbi:

• Philosophy is about impersonal truth. Judaism is about personal truth.
• Philosophy is about detached observation. Judaism is about engaged participation.
• Philosophy is about a single ideal picture of the world. Judaism is about the irreducible multiplicity of perspectives.
• Philosophy searches for truths that are universal. Judaism articulates truths that are particular.
• Philosophy is about the discovery of harmony. Judaism is about cognitive dissonance.
• Philosophy is about the truths that we see. Judaism is about the truths that we hear.
• Philosophy is about truths thought. Judaism is about truths lived.
• Philosophy sees knowledge as cognition. Judaism sees knowledge as relationship.
• It follows that if philosophy is about the conquest of ignorance, Judaism is about the redemption of solitude.