The Guide for the Perplexed
Maimonides is representative of the rationalist school. He holds that the pattern of nature is basically immutable. "This Universe remains perpetually with the same properties with which the Creator has endowed it ... none of these will ever be changed except by way of miracle in some individual instances", ("The Guide for the Perplexed", 2:29). This notwithstanding, Maimonides believes that God rewards and punishes appropriately.