Maimonides Quotes

Philosopher

Maimonides, born on March 30, 1135 and died on December 12, 1204, was a Jewish philosopher, physician, and legal scholar. He is renowned for his contributions to philosophy, medicine, and Jewish law.

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Famous Maimonides Quotes

“The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, "I saw the Lord," &c., sufficed. The generation of the Babylonian exile wanted to learn all the details. ...Isaiah was so familiar with it that he did not consider it necessary to communicate it to others as a new thing, especially as it was well known to the intelligent.”

Wells Wanted Known Lord Saws Generations Accounts Intelligent Details Communicate Familiar Description New Things Well Known Exile

Author:Maimonides

“There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence; they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true law was revealed to enlighten these dark regions.”

Different Law Dark Known Four Divine Theory Ancient Prophet Regions Providence Enlightening Divine Providence

Book:Guide for the perplexed

Source: Guide for the perplexed

“The philosophers likewise assume that in Nature there is nothing in vain, so that everything that is not the product of human industry serves a certain purpose, which may be known or unknown to us.”

Humans May Purpose Certain Known Products Industry Assuming Philosopher Vain

Book:The Guide for the Perplexed

Source: The Guide for the Perplexed

“It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e., Wine. It contains much good and light nourishment. It is rapidly digested and helps to digest other foods.”

Wells Helping Light Known Food Cooking Wine Culinary Physicians Well Known Nourishment

Book:The Preservation of Youth: Essays on Health

Source: The Preservation of Youth: Essays on Health

“God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.”

May Said Known Attributes Identical

Book:A Maimonides Reader

Source: A Maimonides Reader

“All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers.”

Men Wells Persons Differences Known Intellectual Regard Philosopher Faculty Well Known

Book:The Guide for the Perplexed

Source: The Guide for the Perplexed

“How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.”

Philosophy Body Individual Known Limits Degrees Distance Medicine Species Senses Faculty Sensations Soma

Book:The Guide for the Perplexed

Source: The Guide for the Perplexed

“Your purpose...should always be to know...the whole that was intended to be known.”

Knows Should Whole Purpose Known

Author:Maimonides

About the Author

Born: March 30, 1135
Died: December 12, 1204
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 152

Books & Sources

The Guide for the PerplexedRelated source material

Guide for the perplexedRelated source material

A Maimonides ReaderRelated source material

The Guide of the PerplexedRelated source material

Moses Maimonides' Treatise on AsthmaRelated source material

The Wisdom of Moses MaimonidesRelated source material

Ethical Writings of MaimonidesRelated source material

Moses Maimonides: RambamRelated source material

The Preservation of Youth: Essays on HealthRelated source material

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