>>509542396Three Preventions
There are three reasons that prevent us from knowing the owner of a name:
Because of its truthfulness, the wisdom becomes clear only when all its details appear together. Therefore, before one knows the whole wisdom, it is impossible to see even a fraction of it. Thus, it is the publicity of its truthfulness that we need, so as to have enough prior faith in it to make a great effort.
Just as Asmodeus the demon wore the clothes of King Solomon and inherited his throne, philosophy sat on the throne of Kabbalah with easier concepts to grasp, for the lie is quickly accepted. Therefore, there is a twofold trouble here: First, the wisdom of truth is profound and laborious, whereas the false philosophy is easily grasped. The second is that it is superfluous because philosophy is quite satisfying.
As the demon claims that King Solomon is mad, philosophy mocks and dismisses Kabbalah.
However, as long as wisdom is sublime, it is elevated above the people and separated from it. Because he was the wisest man, he was also higher than every man. Thus, the finest scholars could not understand him, except those friends, meaning the Sanhedrin, whom he taught his wisdom every day for days and years. They are the ones who understood him and publicized his name in the entire world.