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Friday, March 27, 2009
Who is Maimonides?
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I am "perplexed" but admit to cheating, so I guess I'll have to buy the book.
ReplyDeleteNow you have to buy Ron's book. He's on his way over to autograph it for you, too.
ReplyDeleteAngle stole that title from me...
ReplyDeleteOn the honor system, I am recalling this from memory (not Wikipedia), I believe he was a Jewish philosopher / theologian who lived in Andalucia during the time when it was occupied by the Moors. He was emblematic of the advancements in knowledge that occured during that period. Keep in mind that this was hundreds of years prior to the Rennaisance. I lived in Spain for a while and learned that during the Moorish period: Christians, Jews and Muslims lived peaceably and created a culture known for its openes to new ideas.
ReplyDeletejust another example of the demise of 'classical education'.
ReplyDeleteBernie, I just had an appt. with Dr. Mark Sherrid at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in NY, brilliant, caring doctor, he had a printing of Maimonides on the wall in his office, he is a specialist in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic cardiac disease, mine and my youngest son, ironic that I read your blog regarding the same individual. Carol Cuono
ReplyDeletea woman! don't see many of them around here. LVR guys, put on some pants and hide your 50-gallon drum of cheese curls.
ReplyDeleteBernie,
ReplyDeleteYou are really starting to scare me.
You quote Nietschze and now you are reading Maimonides.
Are you thinking about joining a seminary? Do you have our reading list?
If not, let me know. I can recommend some other philosophers that have spoken a lot regarding politics and their place in society.
Peace be with you, ~~Alex
P.S. - Plato stinks!
I believe Bernie would make an ideal Jesuit. I remembering him confessing to being infected already. Not sure if celibacy is a deal-breaker though.
ReplyDeleteCarol,
ReplyDeleteWe miss you on Northampton County Council! It was very nice to hear from you.
Are you referring to the famous Jewish thinker? The one who defined types of charity? If memory serves, he was at the end of the golden age for Jews in Spain, first name Moses. A true renaissance man.
ReplyDeleteI already read Angle's book. It is a great how-to on conning the elderly widows out of their farms and stealing social security checks. I can see how he made a lot of money.
ReplyDeleteMr. Johnson
Thank you, Mr. Long.
ReplyDeleteWell, I had to cheat (I hate not knowing something!) Though I have read Nietsche. (per Exorcist's comment)
ReplyDeleteSome great quotes from my Google search:
"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."
"He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity."
"The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision."
I am assuming that Maimonides was a Jewish man, possibly a doctor as my mother was in the Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, NY in 1990. It'll be interesting to hear what you have to say
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