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He does not cast himself in the irrational role of being his own " measure of all things , " of being God . Hence the secularist , who rationalizes his unethical purpose and acts by appealing to a precedent set by a religiously oriented ...
He does not cast himself in the irrational role of being his own " measure of all things , " of being God . Hence the secularist , who rationalizes his unethical purpose and acts by appealing to a precedent set by a religiously oriented ...
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Few things so clearly distinguish Judaism from all forms of paganism as Judaism's insistence that God is in no way subject to magic or coercion of any kind.269 The wholly righteous man ever bears in mind that God owes man nothing .
Few things so clearly distinguish Judaism from all forms of paganism as Judaism's insistence that God is in no way subject to magic or coercion of any kind.269 The wholly righteous man ever bears in mind that God owes man nothing .
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If a man were always anxious that he himself above all things could act justly , temperately or in accordance with any other of the virtues and in general were always to try to secure for himself the honorable course , no one will call ...
If a man were always anxious that he himself above all things could act justly , temperately or in accordance with any other of the virtues and in general were always to try to secure for himself the honorable course , no one will call ...
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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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