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The basic tenets of our Torah and its fundamental principles are thirteen in number: The first fundamental principle is the existence of the Creator. There is a being who exists in the most perfect mode of existence, and he is the cause of he existence of all other beings.

Maimonides

More information about this quote

Topic

Nature of God God

Author

Maimonides

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Judeo-Arabic

Time

1168 1160s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Maimonides. Commentary on the Mishnah Torah. c. 1168.

Current Citation

Maimonides. "Commentary on Mishnah 1." The Essential Maimonides: Translations of the Rambam, translated by Avraham Yaakov Finkel. Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996.