My son, Izhak, was aware of the importance of the teachings of Rav Nahman of Breslov, But at the same time was aware of the pitfalls of Breslov. The tendency in Breslov is to go off on tangents that have nothing to do with Torah. One gets excited about Rav Nahman, and then learning Gemara goes out the window. +in the middle ages there was a general approach of combining faith with reason that was universal with Muslims, Christians and Jews. But how this worked was not unanimous. The Rambam wrote the Guide For The Perplexed in order to answer this question, and he has some good points. However I think Rav Nahman does a much better job. That is not to say that this was his only intension, However in the way that Rav Nahman answers this question, I think he does a better job. Of course, he had the help of Rav Izhak Luria in order to do so. Without the insights of the Ari, clearly Rav Nahman would not have been able on his own to show the reasons and reasonableness of the commandments.
Even though I am not really sure why the Guide seems not very great, still Rav Avraham Abulafia, the great mediaeval mystic, saw in the first 40 chapters the redemption of Israel. [my suspicion is that the translation might not present an accurate picture of what the Rambam was saying. The original was in Arabic. ]
