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October 30, 1968

Rambam, Lecture 2 (1968)

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Maimonides, The Book of Knowledge, Lecture 1: Theory of Golden Mean (1968)

I. Brief Biographical Introd (1 attachment) II. The משנה תורה (=י"ד). The ספר המדע (=communication). III. הל' דעות a) realist of II מצוות for Hagamon. b) להדמות בדרכיו – b____ in צלם אלקים (imagio → imitatio) but in order imitatio character of g-d – want to know it. so: דעות = knowledge + character (disposition). IV. ה"א – Aristotelian Ethics – + J. ethics coincide. V. ה"ב – Orally: source of דעות. a) every דעה has 2 extremes + middle way
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Persevaranain Study 1) Read פ”ג ה”ו 2) RH and נצי”ב on עמל; התמשדה–משמר 3) RH on ידיעה⩽למו; If Plato on being/becoming Quon on supernatural assistanot ת”ת; contract Itaoinim. Thus: LSD…II. Motives: פ”ג ה”ה: תחילת דינו של אדם אינו נדון אלא על התלמוד (קבעת עתים…עסקת שפו”ר, שוות ונחת – אמונה)
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Beginning of idolatry – Jewish anthropology: (a) At first – Adam: monotheism; (b) Then – ה״א פ״א and complete from full text – stage 1: intermediacy; (c) Then – ה״ג – (full text!) – stage 2: worship directed to objects; stage 3: object itself now endowed with autonomy; stage 4: God forgotten; fetishism.
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