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All the ideas for 'The Guide of the Perplexed', '10: Ephesians' and 'Reportatio'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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Don't be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine, by cunning deceptive men [Paul]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

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We can approach knowledge of God by negative attributes [Maimonides]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

9111	God is not wise, but more-than-wise; God is not good, but more-than-good [William of Ockham]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity

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Thinking of God as resembling humans results from a bad translation of Genesis 1:26 [Maimonides]

9112	We could never form a concept of God's wisdom if we couldn't abstract it from creatures [William of Ockham]