La guida dei perplessi

Maimonide

Lingua:

inglese

Stato:

Complete work

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Written by the author

THE FIRST PART of The Guide of the Perplexed My knowledge goes forth to point out the way , To pave straight its road. Lo, everyone who goes astray in the field of Torah, Come and follow its path. The unclean and the fool shall not pass over it ; It shall be called Way of Holiness.1 1. Cf. Isa. 35 : 8. In the name of the Lord, God of the World 1 [EPISTLE dedicatory] M- honored pupil Rabbi Joseph,'2- may the Rock guard you, son of Rabbi Judah , may his repose be in Paradise. When you came to me, having conceived the intention of journeying from the country farthest away in order to read texts under my guidance, I had a high opinion of you because of your strong desire for inquiry and because of what I had observed in your poems of your powerful longing for speculative matters. This was the case since your letters and compositions in rhymed prose came to me from Alexandria, before your grasp was put to the test. I said however : perhaps his longing is stronger than his grasp. When thereupon you read under my guidance texts dealing with the science of astronomy and prior to that texts dealing with mathematics, which is necessary as an introduction to astron¬ omy, my joy in you increased because of the excellence of your mind and the quickness of your grasp. I saw that your longing for mathematics was great, and hence I let you train yourself in that science, knowing where you would end. When thereupon you read under my guidance texts dealing with the art of logic, my hopes fastened upon you, and I saw that you are one worthy to have the secrets of the prophetic books revealed to you so that you would

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