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Meet Maimonides, who shaped Jewish law and thought with his big ideas. He wrote 'Guide for the Perplexed,' a book that tries to understand God using belief and logic. He was also a doctor who helped many people. Please Visit our Website to get more information: https://ift.tt/QwqiBlO His story is one of overcoming hard times and staying true to his work. Today, his ideas about living a good life and thinking about big questions still help people find their way. ✅Biography of Maimonides Maimonides codified Jewish law, shaped a large body of Jewish thought in the Middle Ages, and was a provocative philosopher whose views on the relation of reason to revelation stirred controversy among his contemporaries and continue to do so today. His influence extended to Jewish theology and philosophy and to the philosophy of such diverse thinkers as Aquinas and Leibniz. Born in Córdoba, Spain, in March or April 1135, Maimonides soon fled growing anti-Semitic persecution, finally settling in North Africa. Maimonides briefly visited the Holy Land but spent much of his mature career in Fostat, the “Old City” of Cairo. Throughout his early struggles, Maimonides and his family depended on the income his younger brother, a merchant produced. When the brother was lost at sea, Maimonides, seeking a living, turned to medicine, becoming a physician to the Grand Vizier of Egypt. During this time, he wrote major works on Jewish law but refused payment because the work was a sacred duty. Maimonides also wrote on medicine and science. He produced Mishneh Torah, a still-influential codification of Jewish law, but his Guide for the Perplexed, written about 1190 in Arabic using the Hebrew alphabet, is his philosophical masterwork, a bold endeavor to reconcile Aristotelian rationality with rabbinical theology. The first of the Guide’s three books begins with an argument against anthropomorphism in the conception of God. In support of his argument, Maimonides conducts an intensive hermeneutic analysis of Scripture to prove the incorporeality of God and, what is more, the philosophical concept that God cannot be described in any positive terms at all but only in negatives—what God is not. Book Two opens with an essentially Aristotelian cosmology, which argues against Aristotle’s view that the universe is eternal but appropriates Aristotle’s proofs of the existence of God, especially the concept of God as the Prime Mover. Maimonides associates natural forces and the heavenly spheres with the idea of angels as forms of pure intelligence. Book Two discusses prophecy, which Maimonides defines in unorthodox terms as a vision interpreted through a prophet’s intellect. Maimonides holds that many aspects of prophecy are metaphors, as in the narratives of God speaking with a prophet. Moreover, he concludes that all prophesy, save that of Moses, is the product of natural law. He goes on to describe eleven hierarchical levels of prophecy, with that of Moses being beyond the highest and closest to God. Book Three begins with an explanation of the Chariot in Ezekiel. Maimonides explains the mystical elements of this material concerning cosmology—the Spheres, the elements, and the Intelligences. This video is about Maimonides: The Mind That Mapped Jewish Law. But It also covers the following topics: Maimonides Jewish Law Codification Maimonides Guide For The Perplexed Maimonides Philosophy Impact Video Title: Maimonides: The Mind That Mapped Jewish Law | Philosophy Student 🔔 Hit Subscribe for everything you need about philosophy, from history to theory to exam tips! https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyStudentOrg/sub_confirmation=1 ✅ Stay Connected With Us. 👉Facebook:https://ift.tt/ygQbDz4 👉Website: https://ift.tt/QwqiBlO ============================= ✅ About Philosophy Student. This channel has one goal: to help philosophy students learn about philosophical concepts and familiarize themselves with their history, terms, theories, and thoughts. Here, you will find videos on the history of philosophy, biographies of philosophical figures, and explanation videos on philosophical terms, concepts, and theories. We also do videos on philosophy books and popular papers. A special emphasis is placed on helping you to learn how to be your very best at philosophy. How to write better papers, how to learn better, and how to get great grades in your philosophy courses. We hope you enjoy it, and look forward to your comments! 🔔 Master the art of philosophy with our comprehensive library of educational videos. Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyStudentOrg/sub_confirmation=1 ================================= #maimonides #jewishphilosophy #guidefortheperplexed #jewishlaw #medievalphilosophy #rationaltheology © Philosophy Student

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