4750. MAIMONIDES (MOSHE BEN MAIMON) Jewish philosopher, born in C=rdoba, S Spain. He studied Aristotelian philosophy and Greek medicine from Arab teachers, and migrated to Egypt, where he became physician to Saladin. A major influence on Jewish thought, he wrote an important commentary on the Mishna, and a great philosophical work, the ‘ Guide of the Perplexed’
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