For It Is Said, "you Shall Strengthen

It Is Well Known Among Physicians That The Best Of The Nourishing Foods Is The One That The Moslem Religion Forbids, I.e., Wine. It Contains Much Good And Light Nourishment. It Is Rapidly Digested And Helps To Digest Other Foods.

There Are Eight Levels Of Charity.... The Highest Is When You Strengthen A Man's Hand Until He Need No Longer Be Dependent Upon Others.

The People Who Are Abroad Are All Those That Have No Religion, Neither One Based On Speculation Nor One Received By Tradition. Such Are The Extreme Turks That Wander About In The North, The Kushites Who Live In The South, And Those In Our Country Who Are Like These. I Consider These As Irrational Beings, And Not As Human Beings; They Are Below Mankind, But Above Monkeys, Since They Have The Form And Shape Of Man, And A Mental Faculty Above That Of The Monkey.

A Small Amount Of Wine Such As Three Or Four Glasses Is Of Benefit For The Preservation Of The Health Of Human Beings And An Excellent Remedy For Most Illnesses.

The Corporeal Element In Man Is A Large Screen And Partition That Prevents Him From Perfectly Perceiving Abstract Ideals; This Would Be The Case Even If The Corporeal Element Were As Pure And Superior As The Substance Of The Spheres ; How Much More Must This Be The Case With Our Dark And Opaque Body. However Great The Exertion Of Our Mind May Be To Comprehend The Divine Being Or Any Of The Ideals, We Find A Screen And Partition Between God And Us.