The philosophers likewise assume that in Nature there is nothing in vain, so that everything that is not the product of human… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
This must be our belief when we have a correct knowledge of our own self, and comprehend the true nature of everything;… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Know that for the human mind there are certain objects of perception which are within the scope of its nature and capacity;… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Now I wonder what our knowledge has in common with God's knowledge according to those who treat God's knowledge... Is there anything… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
I find it expressed in various passages of Scripture that the fact that God knows things while in a state of possibility,… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
At times the truth shines so brilliantly that we perceive it as clear as day. Our nature and habit then draw a… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
If the whole earth is infinitely small in comparison with the sphere of the stars, what is man compared with all these… — 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
