  (c) Regarding Averroes: While we know that Maimonides held a great respect for the writings of   Averroes,[6]  Pines and Ivry maintain that these writings were most likely unknown to Maimonides until after the completion of his Guide (Pines 1963, cviii). In contrast, W. Z. Harvey has explored the resonance of Averroes in Guide 2.25 (W. Z. Harvey 1989), and Stroumsa—arguing that Maimonides had access to Averroes’ Decisive Treatise and Exposition—goes so far as to suggest that “…the Guide can in some ways be seen as a reaction and answer to Averroes” (Stroumsa 2009, 73). 