Even when a person suffers pain in consequence of a thorn having entered into his hand, although it is at once drawn… — 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
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Eliphas never abandoned his belief that the fate of man is the result of justice, that we do not know all our… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
To sum up: I am the man who when the concern pressed him and his way was straitened and he could find… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Another fundamental principle taught by the Law of Moses is this: Wrong cannot be ascribed to God in any way whatever; all… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means… — 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
The Mutakallemim... apply the term non-existence only to absolute non-existence, and not to absence of properties. A property and the absence of… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
When I have a difficult subject before me - when I find the road narrow, and can see no other way of… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It is not unreasonable to assume that the works of God, their existence and preceding non-existence, are the result of His wisdom,… — 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
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death. — Maimonides Copy Share
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
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
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
That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence. — Maimonides Copy Share
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
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
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
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
If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness. — Maimonides Copy Share
Know that the difficulties which lead to confusion in the question what is the purpose of the Universe or of any of its parts,… — Maimonides Copy Share
You will find that there is no other difference of opinion as regards any portions of the Universe, except that the philosophers believe in… — Maimonides Copy Share
