Maimonides

Jewish philosopher and scholar.

A medieval philosopher, physician, and legal scholar whose writings sought to harmonize religious tradition with reason and philosophy. His most influential work explores profound questions about God, ethics, and the nature of existence. He profoundly impacted both Jewish thought and broader philosophical traditions by advocating rational inquiry alongside religious devotion.

Maimonides Quotes about Understanding

Divine Providence is connected with Divine intellectual influence, and the same beings which are benefited by the latter so as to become intellectual, and to comprehend things comprehensible to rational beings, are also under the control of Divine Providence, which examines all their deeds with a view of rewarding or punishing them. ...the method of which our mind is incapable of understanding.
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Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation . . .
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Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion founded only on the Bible: for philosophers likewise assert the same, and perfectly understand it,- without having regard to any religion or opinion.
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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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