Maimonides

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Moses ben Maimon, Maimonides (1135-1204) (Hebrew: Rambam), was a Jewish rabbi, born at Cordoba, who is regarded by the Jews as a great philosopher, and called the “Lamp of Israel†and the “Eagle of the Doctorsâ€; he was a man of immense learning, and was physician to the Sultan of Egypt; in his relation to the Jews he ranks next to Moses, and taught them to interpret their religion in the light of reason; he wrote a “Commentary on the Mishna and the Second Law,†but his chief work is the “Moreh Nebochim,†or “Guide of the Perplexed†.[1]

Succeeding generations of philosophers wrote extensive commentaries on his works, which influenced thinkers as diverse as Aquinas, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Newton.

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  1. ↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Maimonides, Moses originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood