New on the site: Michi-bot. An intelligent assistant based on the writings of Rabbi Michael Avraham.

Maimonides’ proofs in “The Guide to the Confused”

שו”תCategory: faithMaimonides’ proofs in “The Guide to the Confused”
asked 8 years ago

Is there any truth in the four proofs that Maimonides wrote at the beginning of Part II of The Teacher of the Perplexed, according to modern physics?


Discover more from הרב מיכאל אברהם

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Leave a Reply

0 Answers
מיכי Staff answered 8 years ago
I don’t know. If you want, detail it here and we’ll discuss it. Preferably one by one.

Discover more from הרב מיכאל אברהם

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

yoav replied 8 years ago

It will be difficult for me to elaborate since I have not studied the words of Maimonides well, in fact the purpose of my question was to know whether it is worth studying these proofs.
Anyway:
Maimonides' first proof is from the perpetual motion (if we accept the premises) of the wheels, he assumes that perpetual motion requires an eternal motive (if I understood correctly).
Today we know that motion needs a primary motive, and then it is conserved. As long as there is no force against it.
Thank you very much.

מיכי Staff replied 8 years ago

Today we know more than that, that there is no such thing as movement in an absolute sense. Movement in relation to what?
Maimonides operates within an Aristotelian framework of thought, I would not recommend studying these parts of his words (including in the Foundations of the Torah).

שי כספי replied 8 years ago

Question for Yoav: Why are you even studying Teacher of the Confused?
Why is this relevant to our day?
Teacher of the Confused just embarrasses me…

Leave a Reply

Back to top button