Know that the difficulties which lead to confusion in the question what is the purpose of the Universe or of any of… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The Prophets even express their surprise that God should take notice of man, who is too little and too unimportant to be… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The so-called evils are evils only in relation to a certain thing, and that which is evil in relation to a certain existing thing,… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The philosophers likewise assume that in Nature there is nothing in vain, so that everything that is not the product of human industry serves… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
No form remains permanently in a substance; a constant change takes place, one form is taken off and another is put on. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
