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Man's so - called animal heritage would have to be fully subservient to his " higher " endowments . It does not require too much acumen to note the analogy between the mind's revolt against the blind evolutionary process , which is said ...
Man's so - called animal heritage would have to be fully subservient to his " higher " endowments . It does not require too much acumen to note the analogy between the mind's revolt against the blind evolutionary process , which is said ...
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Conclusion : Therefore every man should harbor and implement those intentions which are in accord with his God - like capacities . The postulates that God is holy , in the Biblical - Rabbinic sense , and that man is created in God's ...
Conclusion : Therefore every man should harbor and implement those intentions which are in accord with his God - like capacities . The postulates that God is holy , in the Biblical - Rabbinic sense , and that man is created in God's ...
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Just as man's greatest distinction lies in his having been created in the image of God , so the greatest distinction of man's physical endowments lies in the fact that they can be of service to his divine potential .
Just as man's greatest distinction lies in his having been created in the image of God , so the greatest distinction of man's physical endowments lies in the fact that they can be of service to his divine potential .
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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