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Guide for the Perplexed ''The Guide for the Perplexed'' ( ar, دلالة الحائرين, Dalālat al-ḥā'irīn, ; he, מורה נבוכים, Moreh Nevukhim) is a work of Jewish theology by Maimonides. It seeks to reconcile Aristotelianism with Rabbinical Jewish th ...

'', on which Maimonides then based his proof of the

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of God. The propositions, derived from

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'', were merely summarised by Maimonides; Tabrizi gives a detailed discussion of them, based on the work of Arabic authors. It is the earliest known commentary on a part of the ''Guide''. Tabrizi's book was later translated into a strongly Arabicised Hebrew by Isaac ben Nathan of Cordoba. This translation formed the main basis of

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'' of the various demonstrations proposed for Maimonides's principles, prior to his embarking on a thorough critique of their inadequacies; it was also used by Moses ben Joshua of Narbonne. The translation was probably made in Majorca around 1347; it was printed in Ferrara in 1556. A second translation, into a more native idiomatic Hebrew, also exists in manuscript. (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, cod. héb., 974). Tabrizi evidently thought highly of Maimonides. His book concludes ''"The author of these Propositions is the chief whose sceptre is "wisdom" and whose throne is "understanding," the Israelite prince, that has benefited his nation and all those who love God, etc. Moses ben Maimon ben Ebed-elohim, the Israelite... May God lead us to the truth. Amen!"'' A remark in the introduction to the commentary suggests that Tabrizi intended to prepare a commentary on the whole ''Guide''. However, some suggest that he may not have had access to the ''Guide'' in its entirety: comments about Maimonides's view of the human soul are badly flawed.Remark in Herbert Alan Davidson (2005),
Moses Maimonides
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Tabrizi, Mahomet abu-Bekr-at-ben Mahomet
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