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A concise biography of Moses Maimonides, great philosopher, physician to Saladin, writer on astronomy, logic, law and mathematics, which concentrates on his....
Maimonides
1.Moses Maimonides was the most prominent Jewish medieval physician.
Life and Works
Maimonides was born to a distinguished family in Cordova, Spain in 1138.[1] At that point, Cordova was under Muslim rule and stood as one of the great intellectual centers of the world. In addition to Maimonides, it was the birthplace of Averroes.
But events took a turn for the worse when the Almohads invaded in 1148 and offered all non-Muslims the choice of conversion, exile, or death. Despite the intolerance demonstrated by the Almohads, there is some reason to think that Maimonides was influenced by their thought (Stroumsa 2009).
In any case, Maimonides’ family was forced to leave Cordova and travel and travel till it arrived in Fez, Morocco in 1160.
Summary: "Born into a distinguished family in medieval Cordoba, Spain, the young Moses Maimonides was quickly recognized by his teachers for his outstanding.
His first philosophic work of note was the Treatise on the Art of Logic. Around this time, he began work on his first religious masterpiece, the Commentary on the Mishnah, which was finished in 1168. It is noteworthy for the emphasis Maimonides places on Oral Torah, by which he means the de