Maimonides Quotes

The philosophers likewise assume that in Nature there is nothing in vain, so that everything that is not the product of human industry serves a certain purpose, which may be known or unknown to us.

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• This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.

  

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• The philosophers likewise assume that in Nature there is nothing in vain, so that everything that is not the product of human industry serves a certain purpose, which may be known or unknown to us.

  

  Maimonides
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