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But take heed, blind Pharisees, what you say! For though your hearts be full of malice and cunning yet, being without light, your tongues betray you. Suppose I was a Christian, what then would you say…
Behold, we have before us the head of the rationalists [or “rational theologians”], Maimonides, may his memory be for a blessing. In chapter three of Hilkhot teshuvah [Mishneh Torah, Laws of…
In order that all the simple…
Zetim:How blessed and how happy must that manA thousand times be called who acknowledgesOne God alone, a single entity.Gerizim:How happy and how blessed must he beWho in God’s holy Law meditatesBoth…
The King enters in a drowsy state, neither entirely asleep nor entirely awake.King:What is this dream, which I have dreamt?Who, indeed, is the…
Third Part of the Ethics on the Origins and Nature of the Affects
Genesis 1:26. Let us make man in our image, as our likeness.
Genesis 9:6. For in the image of God made he man.
Deuteronomy 4:15. And guard ye your souls greatly, for ye saw no manner of…
You asked how an object can move without being touched, and this indeed is a puzzling matter to all sages. To explain this issue, I must first discuss some rudiments of the science of music, for if…
It is known that one who lacks books lacks knowledge, for a man’s knowledge is limited in its reach by the reach of his books; and there is no artist without tools. Many new books came…
Ḥaver:Do you think languages are eternal, and have no beginning?Kuzari:They are invented and instituted by common consent, rather than natural; this is evident from their composition of nouns, verbs…