Moses Maimonides was a famous philosopher and physician who was heavily influenced by many varieties of sciences, mathematics and classical philosophy, mainly the works of Aristotle. ... He was well educated in Jewish religion, secularist sciences and philosophy, most of which were taught to him by his father who was also very well educated. ... Not only has he made significant impacts in the Jewish tradition but is also recognised by schoalrs in sciences and mathematics hence he is considered a historical rarity, because he is the only medieval Jewish Philosopher who is still continually reco...

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In 1673, the Elector of Palatine, Karl Ludwig, offered Spinoza the professorship of philosophy at Heidelberg University in Germany, with the condition that he remain reasonably orthodox. ... Spinoza lived in an age of reason and philosophy, there was a strong belief that reason unencumbered by myth would yield universal truths to straight thinking people. ... It is therefore hard to see why denying that the soul is immortal would be the element of Spinoza's philosophy that attracted so much animosity. ... Although a relatively unfamiliar notion in Western philosophy and religion, this is ...

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Medieval Christianity in the West, unlike its eastern counterpart, developed into a single entity. ... In the 11th century, attacks on philosophy by orthodox Islamic thinkers, notably the theologian al Ghazali, had much to do with the eventual decline of rationalist philosophical speculation in the Islamic community. ...

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