Maimonides
1138 – 1204 · Spain · Philosophy, Medicine
Guide for the Perplexed reconciled reason and revelation for Judaism.
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- Baruch Spinoza
1632 – 1677 · Philosophy
Spinoza reads and then breaks with the Guide of the Perplexed on prophecy and scripture.
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