Maimonides · Theology

Creation or Eternity?

Maimonides’s careful verdict on the deepest cosmological question - whether the universe was created or has existed forever - and why he sided with Scripture without claiming to prove it.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Maimonides judged the world’s eternity unproven and chose creation without claiming demonstration. Reconstruct his reasoning and why his honesty mattered, in your own words.

Leads to Immanuel Kant.

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