The Emergence of Ethical ManKTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2005 - 214 pàgines For thousands of years, philosophers have pondered the question what it means to be human. Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, known universally as the Rav--the rabbi par excellence--answers the question in The Emergence of Ethical Man, edited by Michael Berger. Relying on both scientific research and classical Jewish sources, Soloveitchik explains how a thoroughly naturalistic setting could give birth to human personality--and to Judaism's expectation of moral character and self-transcendence. The resulting religious anthropology is a startlingly fresh reading of the early chapters of Genesis, and highlights Judaism's distinctive view among those of other religious traditions. |
Continguts
Man as Organic Being | 3 |
Man as a Carnivorous Being | 31 |
Man and His Environment | 49 |
Man as Animal and the Emergence | 65 |
The Emergence of Human Personality | 85 |
The Tree of Knowledge and the Emergence | 95 |
Further Consequences of the Sin Fear | 129 |
The Charismatic Personality Abraham | 149 |
Charismatic Man as a Historical Personality | 163 |
Charismatic Man as Prophet Moses | 179 |
CONCLUSION | 203 |
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