The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
MAIMONIDESThe second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.
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The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
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All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion this is the strongest of the reasons for circumcision.
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The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
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For it is said, You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him, that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.
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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.
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In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
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