Jacob Howland

I got interested in the Talmud. It's a lot like the Platonic dialogues. And you have this fictional colloquy. That's the only way to describe it. Rabbis who maybe lived centuries apart are brought into debate and discussion.

I got interested in the Talmud. It's a lot like the Platonic dialogues. And you have this fictional colloquy. That's the only way to describe it. Rabbis who maybe lived centuries apart are brought into debate and discussion.

I got interested in the Talmud. It's a lot like the Platonic dialogues. And you have this fictional colloquy. That's the only way to describe it. Rabbis who maybe lived centuries apart are brought into debate and discussion.

What happens in a universe where finite beings try to find some meaning and encounter something or are afflicted by infinity in some way.

What happens in a universe where finite beings try to find some meaning and encounter something or are afflicted by infinity in some way.

What happens in a universe where finite beings try to find some meaning and encounter something or are afflicted by infinity in some way.

Yes, yes.

Yes, yes.

Yes, yes.

There is a question that I know to be absolutely fundamental because it shows up both in the Hebrew Bible and in Plato.

There is a question that I know to be absolutely fundamental because it shows up both in the Hebrew Bible and in Plato.

There is a question that I know to be absolutely fundamental because it shows up both in the Hebrew Bible and in Plato.

And the question is...

And the question is...

And the question is...

How far back do you want me to start?

How far back do you want me to start?

How far back do you want me to start?

Great, sure. So, well, I'll start with my parents. My father was a biology professor at Cornell University. My mother was a writer. First... nine, ten years of my life. I live with my mother. I have an older brother. My parents were divorced before I have any recollection of them being together. So I was just maybe a year old.

Great, sure. So, well, I'll start with my parents. My father was a biology professor at Cornell University. My mother was a writer. First... nine, ten years of my life. I live with my mother. I have an older brother. My parents were divorced before I have any recollection of them being together. So I was just maybe a year old.