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Maimonides was the preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. He is also known by the names Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon or the acronym the Rambam (Hebrew: רבי משה בן מימון; Hebrew acronym: רמב"ם; Arabic: موسى ابن ميمون Mūsā ibn Maymūn, short for أبو عمران موسى بن عبيد الله ميمون القرطبي Abū ʿImrān Mūsā bin ʿUbaidallāh Maimūn al-Qurṭubī). He was born in Córdoba, Spain, in 1137 or 1138, and died in Egypt on 20th Tevet, December 12, 1204. He worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt. With the contemporary Muslim sage Averroes, he promoted and developed the philosophical tradition of Aristotle. As a result, Maimonides and Averroes would gain a prominent and controversial influence in the West, where Aristotelian thought had been lost for centuries. Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas were notable Western readers of Maimonides. One of the central tenets of Maimonides's philosophy is that it is impossible for the truths arrived at by human intellect to contradict those revealed by God. Maimonides held to a strictly apophatic theology in which only negative statements toward a description of God may be considered correct. Thus, one does not say "God is One", but rather, "God is not multiple". Although many of his ideas met with the opposition of his contemporaries, Maimonides was embraced by later Jewish thinkers. The fourteen-volume Mishneh Torah today retains canonical authority as a codification of Talmudic law. Although his copious works on Jewish law and ethics were initially met with opposition during his lifetime, he was posthumously acknowledged to be one of the foremost rabbinical arbiters and philosophers in Jewish history. Today, his works and his views are considered a cornerstone of Jewish thought and study. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Jew please? What is the "Maimonides"? Q. What does it say about who will get a share of the world to come? Is there a difference in the criteria used for gentiles and Jews? Did this belief go back to Moses? Thank you for all your help!:-) Is there anyone who will NOT get to live in the world to come according to the Maimonides? I am getting a lot of good answers, but no wants to answer this specific question? I read something on this but I am a simple person and it was rather complicated with a lot of Hebrew I did not understand. I appreciate your help! Asked by Marie - Fri Jun 20 12:53:10 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. Maimonides (1135-1204), or Moses ben Maimon, was the greatest Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages. His commentaries on, and codification of, the rabbinic tradition established him as a major religious authority in Judaism. Judaism, as well as other philosophies, agrees that death is a physical occurrence, one which does not effect the metaphysical, meaning the soul. A soul is not physical, and being such, is not effected by physical death. If one leads a life in search of truth, meaning the ideals of the Torah, then the soul will achieve a state of continued involvement in the world of ideas which is eternal. Conversely, one who leads a life purely of the physical, will not - according to Maimonides - have any existence once deceased.… [cont.] Answered by gatita - Fri Jun 20 13:16:43 2008 Is philosophy compatible with religion and revelation and if so, what is the nature of this relationship? Q. What is the difference and comparisons between Averroes and Aquinas OR Maimonides and Aquinas Asked by Goodtimes - Thu Mar 6 16:52:15 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. I shall answer only the first question. "Revelation" is the mystical belief that psycho-epistemological intuition is, in fact, mystical instead of psycho-epistemological. It cannot, therefore, be compatible with philosophy. "Psycho-epistemological" refers to the cognitive relationship between the subconsciousness and the consciousness; and intuition is: "Intuition: (Lat. intuere, to look at) The direct and immediate apprehension by a knowing subject of itself, of its conscious states, of other minds, of an external world, of universals, of values or of rational truths. [1] Religion is the institutionalization of mysticism. Any philosophical system that becomes that institutionalized is called a "cult," so philosophy sans theology is not… [cont.] Answered by Yaoi Shonen-ai - Thu Mar 6 18:31:48 2008 What a pneumo coccus is?
Q. I have got a pneumo coccus shot at Maimonides hospital. What is it and is it safe? Since then I have thick mucus phlegm coming up from my lungs. What should I do? Asked by huscafat - Sat Jul 11 03:14:55 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments From Yahoo Answer Search: "maimonides" Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Hebrew: רבי משה בן מיימון; Arabic: موسى بن ميمون بن عبد الله القرطبي الإسرائيلي / Mussa bin Maimun ibn Abdallah al-Kurtubi al-Israili; March 30, 1135 – December 13, 1204), commonly known by his Greek name (Moses) Maimonides, was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher. He was born in Spain, but spent most of his life in Egypt. His works ranged from a commentary on the Mishnah to his Code of Law (summarising the whole of Jewish law) and the philosophical work, the Guide for the Perplexed. ContentsSourcedCharity is the sign of a righteous man
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