I just wanted to add that I ch”v am not trying to give my opinions on the Rambam’s approach to anything.
All am I am doing is stating what the opinions of the Gedolei Yisroel were on such matter’s and what the Mesorah throughout the Doros has been.
Again ch”v for me to give personal opinions on such matters when they have been discussed by all Gedolei Yisroel.
I also would like to point out that the Rishonim and Achronim did not condemn the Rambam ch”v and the perfect proof is RSRH whose sefer Chorev is actually based on the Rambam’s style, they did condemn and write against the approach of Moreh NEvuchim if it is to be understood a certain way.
There were of course Gedolei Yisroel who had different approaches to understanding the Moreh Nevuchim and in fact RAbbi MEiselmann in his book spends considerable time attempting to prove from the totality of the Rambam’s writing on such matter’s that they in fact were correct in their approach to the Moreh Nevuchim.
Such Gedolei Yisroel include the Rogatchver and Rav Elchonon Wasserman zt”l.
The sum total is that their is a “memuh nifshach” if one accepts the Moreh Nevuchim at face value and understands it in a literal sense then it was forcefully disputed and pushed away by the Rishonim starting from about 30 years after the Rambam’s petirah (according to the Chidah) until modern time
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If one wishes to point to the fact that there were in fact Gedolim who did accept Moreh Nevuchim, well if one would look a tad deeper they would see that they invariably understood the Moreh Nevuchim differently then the literal meaning i.e he couched certain Torah concepts in greek termininology to reach certain individuals.