Maimonides
In Our Time
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The Importance of Aristotle in the Study of the Torah
Maimonides was very beholden to and very fond of Aristotle, for instance. There's certainly this strong influence from the Aristotelian tradition on Maimonides. Almost goes without saying there's a strong influence on him from the rabbinical tradition that John's been talking about. And beyond that we can say very interestingly that this giant of Jewish philosophy and legal scholarship is also influenced in various ways by Islamic theology.
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