Place

Cairo

Egypt · Modern Egypt

The Fatimid and Ayyubid capital on the Nile. Maimonides settled here as physician to Saladin's court and wrote his Guide for the Perplexed.

Thinkers Connected to Cairo

Maimonides

1138 CE – 1204 CE

The great Jewish philosopher who tried to reconcile Aristotle with the Torah, and faith with a thinking mind.

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