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

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Topic

Nature of God God

Author

Maimonides

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Judeo-Arabic

Time

1168 1160s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Jewish philosopher Jewish writer Philosopher Writer

From

Spain Europe

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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.

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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.

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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.