The risk of one possibly innocent person suffering far outweighs the risk of unpunishment.

Inculca veram libertatem mentis qua dirigitur ad Deum cognoscendum.

Moshe ben Maimon

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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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