[Avodah] asma al-haq

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:45:15AM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
> On 27/01/2011 10:30 AM, Saul.Z.Newman at kp.org wrote:
>> _http://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2011/01/on-intellectual-honesty.html
>> the rambam's "accept the truth from whatever source it comes,"
>> in the original....

> No need to run to Arabic.  Here it is in the Rambam's own Hebrew:
> http://mechon-mamre.org/i/3817.htm#24

Similar, but not exactly the same as "qabel ha'emes mimi she'omro".
The Rambam in Qiddush haChodesh 17:24 really only works for things
that can be rigorously proven, "bera'ayos she'ein bahem dufi", and then
the Rambam says trust yourself and your own ability to think out those
ra'ayos rather than care about the source.

That would not include, for example, accepting science you don't fully
understand on the authority of the scientists who do.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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