Ben levi: I learned the original in the Hebrew translation so, although thankful for your translation, I read the original.
I still don’t see what this Rambam (Pirush Hamishnayos) has to do with our discussion. The Rambam attacks the so-called second group because they can only understand the chazal literally and therefore, dismiss the “maamar’ for contradicting what they believe is correct. However, because there may be a mystic explanation to this “maamar”(“chidoh” in hebrew, mysterious) their views should be refuted. Nothing about reality or accepting every chazal at face value. On the contrary, based upon the Rambam’s rather sour view of the first group, you can see that he does not interpret chazal literally, if another, underlying explanation can be found.