... not part of revelation, and were universally intelligible through human reason. In fact, revelation is inferior to reason because the latter is immediately and publicly available to all and the former is a snapshot in time, restricted, non-universal. Consequently, Noahide law, which is universal...

...This chapter explores Maimonides' rationalism. It shows that Maimonides did not view human reason as all-powerful. Human reason, in his judgement, is capable of acquiring broad scientific knowledge of the sublunar world and a lesser level of knowledge concerning the celestial region. Maimonides...