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Major worksGuide for the Perplexed, Mishneh Torah, Commentary on the Mishnah
The towering medieval Jewish philosopher, physician, and legal scholar whose Guide for the Perplexed sought to reconcile the truths of the Torah with the philosophy of Aristotle. His monumental codification of Jewish law and his rigorous rationalism made him the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages, revered far beyond his own tradition.
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