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The great Jewish philosopher who tried to reconcile Aristotle with the Torah, and faith with a thinking mind.
He reconciled Aristotle with Christianity and wrote the most systematic theology ever attempted. Then he stopped, saying all he had written was straw.
Connection
Maimonides influence Thomas Aquinas — Aquinas cites Rabbi Moses often; Maimonides showed the Latin world how Aristotle and scripture might be reconciled.
Ideas
Words
“Teach thy tongue to say I do not know, and thou shalt progress.”
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
“The things that we love tell us what we are.”
Key Moments
1138 CE
Born in Cordoba
c. 1160 CE
Flight from Cordoba
c. 1180 CE
The Mishneh Torah
c. 1190 CE
The Guide for the Perplexed
1245 CE
Studies in Paris and Cologne
1265 CE
Writes the Summa Theologica
December 1273 CE
The Mystical Experience
1274 CE
Dies on the Road
Works
The Guide for the Perplexed
Summa Theologica