It is better to acquit a thousand guilty men than to put a single innocent man to death.
نقتل ألفاً من الأبرياء أهون من إعدام مذنب واحد بشك
Philosophers
Moshe ben Maimon
Born 1135 in Cordoba under Islamic rule, Maimonides was the medieval Sephardi rabbi, philosopher, and physician who served Saladin's court. His Guide for the Perplexed fused Aristotle and Jewish theology and shaped.
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