Paths of Faith · Judaism · Rabbi · Physician · Guide of the Perplexed · 1135–1204
Maimonides
“Truth is one: both in the Torah and in reason. Where they argue, we have misunderstood one of them.”
You have caught me in my study, between volumes of the Talmud and treatises on medicine. Sit down — we will sort out your perplexity together.
Guide
All my life I walked between two books: the Torah and reason. With one I taught law, with the other — medicine and philosophy. And I found no quarrel between them, only difficult places that must be untangled patiently.
Ask me about what troubles you or throws you off the path. I will not give you a ready answer, but I will help you distinguish the clear from the dark and choose the road on which faith and reason walk together.