Show Malmo Mau philosopher thinker of middle ages age the name of Malmon Malmo ldes it safely may be presumed Is 13 familiar to thousands of students of history literature and philosophy he was the greatest jewish thinker of 0 the middle ages and the influence of his life and work still edlu la Is operative la in the minds of men Malmon Malmo ldes as it happens says a writer in the washington star transcended the ordinary boundaries of his profession place and time he was indeed a universal character A native of 0 cordova spain he spent his better years at cairo serving as physician to saladin and as leader of the jewry of egypt pursuing researches in the sacred writings of his race in mathematics and astronomy and corresponding sp with scholars and common folk throughout the world as tt it then was known but his inquiring genius reached reache d out to embrace aristotle and it was waa one of his objectives to reconcile talmudic Talmud lc doctrines with greel greek ideals in the end he constituted in himself a focal point for the richest and most vigorous thought thou glit of three different civilizations hebraic arable arabic and hellenic naturally enough the scholars of the next succeeding era found him useful in their search for philosophic truth st thomas aquinas duns scopus and albertus magnus magnu quoted from him and their spiritual descendants ilk likewise dewise reproduced the golden values of his teachings gradually refining them in the light of their increasing knowledge until all the inevitable dross of the twelfth century had been cleared away even the so called callad heretic preserved his reverence for Malmon Malmo ldes aben rhen conscience led him to t reject the primitive doe doc trines of less liberal hebrew sages |