Maimonides
1138 – 1204 Sephardi Jewish philosopher, physician
The greatest medieval Jewish thinker, who joined faith and Aristotle.
- Religion
- Jewish; the foremost medieval Jewish philosopher and legal scholar.
- Affiliations
- Court physician in Egypt; leader of the Jewish community in Cairo. No secret society.
Maimonides codified Jewish law and, in The Guide for the Perplexed, reconciled it with Aristotelian philosophy. His work shaped Jewish thought permanently and influenced Christian scholastics like Aquinas. He also served as a respected physician and community leader in Cairo.
Connections
- influenced Thomas Aquinas — Aquinas drew on Maimonides on faith and reason.
In the timeline
- 1138 Maimonides, the Rambam central figure
- 1168 Maimonides sets out the Thirteen Principles of Faith central figure
- 1178 Maimonides completes the Mishneh Torah central figure
- 1190 Maimonides writes the Guide for the Perplexed central figure