Maimonides · Theology

What Is a Prophet?

Maimonides’s bold, naturalistic theory that prophecy is the highest perfection of the human mind and imagination - a state most people could, in principle, attain.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Maimonides gave a largely naturalistic account of prophecy as human perfection plus divine emanation. Reconstruct the faculties he thought a prophet must perfect, and what made Moses unique, in your own words.

Leads to al-Farabi.

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