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Maimonides
Spanish
Philosopher
About the author
All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Man
#Difference
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Will
#Books
#Pen
#Proof
#Tongue
Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Understanding
#Religion
#Opinion
Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Man
#Mind
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Day
#Man
#Fish
He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Will
#Religion
#Metaphysics
#Infidelity
You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Reading
#Perception
You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Will
#World
#Imagination
#Necessity
#Doubt
#Reality
#Physics
#Providence
#Astronomy
You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Truth
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Will
#Respect
#Power
#Body
While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Man
#Mind
#Metaphors
To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Law
#Restraint
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Youth
#Man
#Opinions
Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Progress
#Tongue
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#World
#Evil
#Balance
#Deed
Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Now
#Respect
#Power
#Space
#Greatness
#Existence
#Rank
No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Disease
#Diet
It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as may assist us in the solution of metaphysical problems.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Problems
#May
#Solution
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Wrong
#Risk
#Terror
#Decision
#Indecision
Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#End
#Man
How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Power
#Sensations
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Poverty
#Charity
The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Reason
Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
Maimonides,
Spanish
Philosopher
#Study
#Logic
#First
#Perfection
#Order
#Mathematics
#Wishes
#Metaphysics