Maimonides

Medieval
1138-1204 CECordoba/Cairo

As Your Guide

Maimonides will guide the perplexed — those torn between what they know and what they sense lies beyond knowing. He teaches that the deepest truths are approached by saying what they are not. Choose him if you want a guide comfortable with the limits of language.

Who They Were

Jewish philosopher and physician who reconciled Judaism with Aristotelian philosophy.

What They Left Behind

Words that outlived their authors.

Guide for the Perplexed, Mishneh Torah

What Haunts Them

These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.

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