8 quotes
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
“Your purpose...should always be to know...the whole that was intended to be known.”
"No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means."
on Health
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
on Wisdom
"You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes."
on Truth
"Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it."
"The person who wishes to attain human perfection should study logic first, next mathematics, then physics, and, lastly, metaphysics."
on Education
"The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it"
"The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision."
on Courage
