The Guide for the Perplexed

The supreme work of medieval Jewish philosophy, reconciling the Torah with Aristotelian reason.

PhilosophyPublic domain

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Topics

Torah & Revelation
Jewish Philosophy

The author

MaimonidesPhysician to the sultan, codifier of Jewish law, and author of the Guide for the Perplexed — the mind in which Athens and Jerusalem made their most durable peace.