How did Moses Maimonides explain the relationship between reason and faith?

In his seminal work, The Guide for the Perplexed, Moses Maimonides argued that there can be no fundamental conflict between reason and faith because both originate from God.1

He maintained that any apparent contradiction between the two is the result of a human misinterpretation of either the Bible or philosophical principles. To resolve these tensions, Maimonides sought to reconcile Greek philosophy—specifically Aristotelian thought—with revealed religion. For example, he demonstrated that the concept of creation is reconcilable with philosophical inquiry, noting that Aristotelian arguments for an eternal world were not conclusive because they failed to account for the omnipotence of God, who possesses the power to create a world of either finite or infinite duration.1

While Maimonides utilized philosophy to interpret religious law, he also employed a system of precautions, including the use of deliberately contradictory statements, to protect the integrity of the law from those who might lack the intellectual qualifications to grasp complex philosophical truths.2