The Guide for the Perplexed

Name: The Guide for the Perplexed
Author: Maimonides Moses ben Maimon

by Maimonides Moses ben Maimon

Guide to rational faith reconciling philosophy with Jewish theology

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Maimonides Moses ben Maimon

Jewish philosopher and physician who synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish theology in The Guide for the Perplexed. Mishneh Torah is his systematic code of Jewish law. He is the most influential Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages and remains central to both Jewish and philosophical study.

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