HaLeiVi: Right, but his way of defining these things certainly was unique. He had basis in Chazal, yes. But he also had to counter-read and/or dismiss many Gemaras. It was not for nothing that many contemporaries felt his books had to be burned. The Rambam was not mainstream in his time. And he’s certainly not mainstream on a lot of things now, especially when the current world has a far less rationalist outlook than he did.
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