Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton
Episode: S6, E6 Shemona Perakim; Man as Explicator and the Limits of Explanatory Power
Description: This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David.
Highlights:
Themistius' Law: Reality doesn't follow opinion; rather, correct opinions follow from reality
The universe comports with how humans think
The centrality of humans to the universe is based on the fact that humans can understand the universe
On Kabbalah and philosophy
According to Maimonides, explanatory power reflects truth, but there are also things that are inexplicable; according to Aristotle, everything is explicable
Human beings are explicators
<...