[109]. Introduction to Zera’im.
[110]. Maimonides’ attitude to perfection of character is most clearly revealed by the fact that he calls it “bodily perfection,” in contrast to “perfection of the soul,” which is intellectual perfection (Guide, III., chap. xxvii.).
[111]. See Hilchoth De’oth, chap. i.; Eight Chapters, chap. iv.
[112]. Guide, III., chap. liv.
[113]. See Eight Chapters, end of chap. iv. and beginning of chap. v. Lazarus (Ethik des Judentums, I., chap. xiv.) fails to notice this difference between Aristotle and Maimonides, and therefore finds it strange that Maimonides introduces Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean into Jewish ethics.
[114]. Introduction to Zera’im.
[115]. See Guide, III., chaps. xxvii., xxxiv. Maimonides is not explicit on the relation of the minority to social morality; but his view on this question is evident from what he says in the chapters quoted, and passim.
[116]. Eight Chapters, chap. v.
[117]. Guide, II., chap. xxv.
[118]. Guide, II., chaps. xxv. and xvi.