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“You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.”

Quote by Maimonides

Book:Guide for the perplexed

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Guide for the perplexed

Written by Moses Maimonides, this seminal work delves into metaphysics, ethics, and the nature of God, offering insights into the complexities of human thought and the quest for wisdom. more

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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. more

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“While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.”

Ifs Men Way Mind Mean Long Able Certain Taught Expression Periods Capacity Metaphor One Man Insufficient

Book:The Guide for the Perplexed

Source: The Guide for the Perplexed

“If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.”

Ifs Persons Body Able Study Too Much Mindset Confused Apprehension

Book:Guide for the perplexed

Source: Guide for the perplexed

“The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.”

Humans Reason Whole Objects Limits Prophet Sage Halt Human Reason

Book:Guide for the perplexed

Source: Guide for the perplexed

“To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.”

Law Desire Purpose Perfect Restraint Abandonment Totality Depreciate Depreciation

Book:The Guide of the Perplexed

Source: The Guide of the Perplexed

“Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.”

Space Existence Position Greatness Absolutes Comparison Heavenly Spheres Almighty

Book:Guide for the perplexed

Source: Guide for the perplexed

“Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.”

Said Understanding Opinion Imagine Regard Philosopher Imagine That Assertion Insufficiency

Book:Guide for the perplexed

Source: Guide for the perplexed

“Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything.”

Men Mind Doe Able Certain Remains Ignorant

Book:The Guide for the Perplexed

Source: The Guide for the Perplexed

“The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.”

Men Has Beens Views Opinion Cases Youth Opposites Likes Accustomed

Book:Guide for the perplexed

Source: Guide for the perplexed

“You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.”

Matter Reading Conditions Subjects Perception Connected Be Considerate

Book:Guide for the perplexed

Source: Guide for the perplexed

“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