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Toxicological Sciences 59, 196-197 (2001)
Copyright © 2001 by the Society of Toxicology

PROFILES IN TOXICOLOGY

Moses Maimonides

Arthur Furst1

University of San Francisco, San Francisco California 94117

Moses Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher of his day. In fact, he can be considered one of the few outstanding scholar-philosophers of all times. He was born March 30, 1135, in Córdoba, Spain, and named Moses Ben Maimon Ben Joseph (Maimonides in Greek). In some parts of the world he is known simply as RAMBAM. He died December 13, 1204, in Cairo, Egypt. One biography stated that in early life he showed little interest in scholarship. Conflicting statements are available in other works; it has been said that he showed great interest in exact sciences and philosophy at a very early age and read . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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