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...Perplexed, written in Arabic and published in 1190, was an attempt to resolve the intellectual difficulties of Jews confronted with the work of Islamic sages, who had discovered Aristotle and grafted his ideas onto the prevailing Neoplatonism of the age. This synthesis seemed so reasonable that the devout Jew often found himself, said Maimonides, "in a state of perplexity and confusion." Should he "follow his intellect," renouncing what he knew from Scripture, the foundation of the Law? "Or he should hold fast to Scripture, and not let himself be drawn on together with his intellect...
Diem and Nhu evidently intended to vest real military power in another, very different officer, whose loyalty the Ngo family can count on, Colonel Le Quang Tung, commander under Nhu of the special forces. A devout Catholic, Tung comes from central Viet Nam, birthplace of the Ngo family, apparently has no political ambitions, and was once a top official in Nhu's secret organization, the Can Lao Party. As long as a month ago, large units of special forces were moved into Saigon under Colonel Tung's command. The big question is whether Tung can keep control...
...began to rule through a 17-man Revolutionary Council of army officers. Leaving nothing to chance, Ne Win named himself leader of the council, President of Burma, Minister for Defense, Finance and Revenue, and chief of the military tribunals that have replaced Burma's graft-ridden judiciary. Devout Buddhist U Nu is still under house arrest and passes the time in meditation and, presumably, in pursuit of his special obsession-astrology...
...Unworthy Friar. It was the sale of indulgences for good works that touched off Martin Luther to publish his 95 theses at Wittenberg. As a devout young Augustinian friar, Luther had been obsessed by the thought of his unworthiness as a sinful man before God, and no routine of works, confession, penance or asceticism could mitigate his spiritual anxiety. But seated one day in the study of the monastery, as he later related, Luther suddenly gained an insight into what St. Paul meant by the just living by faith. Luther interpreted Paul to mean that the sinner was justified only...
Across the silent ages, these small treasures are the voices of a people both busy and devout: ivory angels carved on a comb, a double lamp in a twin-tailed bronze dove, a polka-dotted leather sandal, a rabbit nibbling round fruit on a woven wool square. Textiles-wall hangings for tombs, shirts and coats for the dead-form perhaps the highest level of Coptic art, and the hot, dry desert climate has preserved some of the best examples: representations of everyday occurrences, proud portrayals of heroic scenes, and obedient evocations of saints and holy acts...