Maimonides Quotes


God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.


Citations

Maimonides, Moses. The Guide for the Perplexed. Translated by M. Friedländer, 2nd ed., George Routledge & Sons, 1904, Part I, Ch. 68, p. 100.

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Maimonides
Maimonides
  • Born:
  • Died: December 12, 1204
  • Nationality: Sephardic Jewish
  • Profession: Philosopher

Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the acronym Rambam, was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin. Born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover eve, 1138 (or 1135), he worked as a rabbi, physician and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. He died in Egypt on 12 December 1204, whence his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias.