Jacob Howland

Well, that's true. Right.

Well, that's true. Right.

Yeah. I mean, and so what you said about the Sermon on the Mount is anticipated by God in the very first commandment. I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other gods beside me.

Yeah. I mean, and so what you said about the Sermon on the Mount is anticipated by God in the very first commandment. I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other gods beside me.

Yeah. I mean, and so what you said about the Sermon on the Mount is anticipated by God in the very first commandment. I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other gods beside me.

Now, what's interesting is that, you know, it doesn't mean that we don't have subsidiary aims. But what it means is that's the highest. That's the highest. Yeah. For Socrates, what is the highest? Well, he calls these things ideas, you know, justice, for example. And the Socratic, what Socrates is trying to do is a sort of shuttling movement.

Now, what's interesting is that, you know, it doesn't mean that we don't have subsidiary aims. But what it means is that's the highest. That's the highest. Yeah. For Socrates, what is the highest? Well, he calls these things ideas, you know, justice, for example. And the Socratic, what Socrates is trying to do is a sort of shuttling movement.

Now, what's interesting is that, you know, it doesn't mean that we don't have subsidiary aims. But what it means is that's the highest. That's the highest. Yeah. For Socrates, what is the highest? Well, he calls these things ideas, you know, justice, for example. And the Socratic, what Socrates is trying to do is a sort of shuttling movement.

First of all, to come to the best possible understanding he can of, for example, the idea of justice, which plays a huge role in his life. But you know the cave image. There aren't any signs that say you are now leaving the cave and entering into the full light of truth, right? So there's always a question. Have I truly understood this thing?

First of all, to come to the best possible understanding he can of, for example, the idea of justice, which plays a huge role in his life. But you know the cave image. There aren't any signs that say you are now leaving the cave and entering into the full light of truth, right? So there's always a question. Have I truly understood this thing?

First of all, to come to the best possible understanding he can of, for example, the idea of justice, which plays a huge role in his life. But you know the cave image. There aren't any signs that say you are now leaving the cave and entering into the full light of truth, right? So there's always a question. Have I truly understood this thing?

Then the other thing he has to do is to try to live up to the ideas. Or, if you want to put it the other way, to take the idea into his life as a matter of his existence.

Then the other thing he has to do is to try to live up to the ideas. Or, if you want to put it the other way, to take the idea into his life as a matter of his existence.

Then the other thing he has to do is to try to live up to the ideas. Or, if you want to put it the other way, to take the idea into his life as a matter of his existence.

Exactly, exactly. So he's trying to do these things. But for him, the highest is... Frankly, I mean, you can call it the beautiful as per the symposium. You can call it the good as per the Republic. But, of course, the good is analogized to the sun.

Exactly, exactly. So he's trying to do these things. But for him, the highest is... Frankly, I mean, you can call it the beautiful as per the symposium. You can call it the good as per the Republic. But, of course, the good is analogized to the sun.

Exactly, exactly. So he's trying to do these things. But for him, the highest is... Frankly, I mean, you can call it the beautiful as per the symposium. You can call it the good as per the Republic. But, of course, the good is analogized to the sun.

And the sun, in a way, has no form or no... Like, if the soul, if the mind is compared to the eye, then the mind is destroyed by looking directly at the sun or at the good, right? So, that's the connection between... Plato and the Talmud, because... It's that upward aim. It's this upward aim.

And the sun, in a way, has no form or no... Like, if the soul, if the mind is compared to the eye, then the mind is destroyed by looking directly at the sun or at the good, right? So, that's the connection between... Plato and the Talmud, because... It's that upward aim. It's this upward aim.

And the sun, in a way, has no form or no... Like, if the soul, if the mind is compared to the eye, then the mind is destroyed by looking directly at the sun or at the good, right? So, that's the connection between... Plato and the Talmud, because... It's that upward aim. It's this upward aim.