Maimonides Quotes About Prophet

Quotes about: Prophet

• The Prophets even express their surprise that God should take notice of man, who is too little and too unimportant to be worthy of the attention of the Creator; how, then, should other living creatures be considered as proper objects for Divine Providence!

  Maimonides

  Men, Attention, Littles

  Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.287, Courier Corporation

• An ignorant man believes that the whole universe only exists for him: as if nothing else required any consideration. If, therefore, anything happens to him contrary to his expectation, he at once concludes that the whole universe is evil. If, however, he would take into consideration the whole universe, form an idea of it, and comprehend what a small portion he is of the Universe, he will find the truth. There are many ... passages in the books of the prophets expressing the same idea.

  Maimonides

  Believe, Book, Men

  Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.268, Courier Corporation

• 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.

  Maimonides

  Keys, Ideas, Understanding

  Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.155, Moses Maimonides

• The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.

  Maimonides

  Sage, Limits, Reason

  Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.288, Moses Maimonides

• There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence; they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true law was revealed to enlighten these dark regions.

  Maimonides

  Dark, Law, Different

  Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.1078, Moses Maimonides

• The prophet Isaiah ... points out what will be the cause of this change; for he says that hatred, quarrel, and fighting will come to an end, because men will have a true knowledge of God. "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters which cover the sea" (Isa. xi. ver. 9) Note it.

  Maimonides

  Hurt, Fighting, Men

  "Guide for the Perplexed". Book by Maimonides, Ch.11, 1190.

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