Reshit ḥokhma
work by Ibn Falaquera
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Reshit \u1e25okhma, meaning "The Beginning of Wisdom," is an introduction to the sciences written by the Spanish-born Jewish philosopher and translator Ibn Falaquera around 1225–1295. This work reproduces al-Farabi's Aims of the Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. Ibn Falaquera was known for his efforts to reconcile Jewish Orthodoxy with philosophy and for defending Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. His Reshit \u1e25okhma was translated into Latin at the end of the 15th century.1
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