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A 4 page paper that discusses knowledge as it is presented in Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed and Aquinas’ Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles. The paper reports on how each man believed knowledge was obtained and who should have it. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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who has been trained to believe in the truth of our holy Law" (Maimonides, Prefatory Remarks). This would also suggest that the nature of holy teaching is first and foremost
the Law. He pointed out that "scholars and theologians" attempt to teach people the truth (Maimonides, Prefatory Remarks). The nature of holy teaching is to always teach the truth no
matter how many oppose you. Maimonides carried the act of teaching beyond those trained in Scripture. "part of the Divine plan [is] that every one who has obtained some perfection
transmit it to some other persons" (Maimonides, Chapter XXIX). By this he meant than one has an obligations to pass on knowledge that one has obtained. Aquinas did not
address this issue directly but he consistently discussed intellect, reason, and Holy Writ. The Laws of God must be taught and obeyed. "Law, as stated above is a rule which
Gods governing providence sets before the rational creature" (Aquinas, Gentiles, Book Three, p. 53). We have knowledge of Gods law from Scripture and it is up to us to obey
them because they bring us closer to God. In the preface to "Epistle Dedicatory-Guide for the Perplexed" Friedlander wrote that Maimonides believed that a person should only believe what
he could grasp with his own intellect, what he could actually perceive by his own senses, and what a trustworthy person told him. These were the only sources of knowledge
that could be accepted. St. Thomas Aquinas has a slightly different view of knowledge. He believed that humans are born as blank tablets on which knowledge will be written. Knowledge
is gained through the senses and through instruction (Aquinas, Theologica). If so much knowledge is gained through senses, Aquinas asks if there can be falsity in the senses. He said:
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