"You must know that if a person, who has attained a certain degree of perfection, wishes to impart to others, either orally or in writing, any portion of the knowledge which he has acquired of these subjects, he is utterly unable to be as systematic and explicit as he could be in a science of which the method is well known. The same difficulties which he encountered when investigating the subject for himself will attend him when endeavouring to instruct others: viz., at one time the explanation will appear lucid, at another time, obscure: this property of the subject appears to remain the same both to the advanced scholar and to the beginner. For this reason, great theological scholars gave instruction in all such matters only by means of metaphors and allegories."
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Moshe ben Maimon (Hebrew: ืจืื ืืฉื ืื ืืืืืื; Arabic: ู ูุณู ุจู ู ูู ูู ุจู ุนุจุฏ ุงููู ุงููุฑุทุจู ุงูุฅุณุฑุงุฆููู / Mussa bin Maimun ibn Abdallah al-Kurtubi al-Israili; 1135 or 1138 โ 12 December 1204), commonly known as Moses Maimonides, was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher. He was born in Spain, but spent most of his life in Egypt. His works ranged from a commentary on the Mishnah to his Code of Law (summarising the whole of Jewish law) and the philosophical work, the Guide for the Perplexed.
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