Joseph Soloveitchik Quotes on Knowledge
Joseph Ber Soloveitchik was a Russian-born American Orthodox Jewish philosopher and rabbi, the long-time head of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University, and the most influential exponent of Modern Orthodoxy in the twentieth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Joseph Soloveitchik on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Joseph Soloveitchik:
“Halakhic man approaches the world with a Torah, as the mathematician approaches the world with his ideal forms.”
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“Man of old who could not fight disease and succumbed in multitudes to yellow fever or any other plague could not lay claim to dignity. Only the man who builds hospitals, discovers therapeutic techniques, and saves lives is blessed with dignity.”
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, The Lonely Man of Faith , p. 16 (1965) -
“There is a distinct reluctance, almost an unwillingness, on the part of Torah to grant man the privilege to consume meat. Man as an animal-eater is looked at askance by the Torah. There are definitive vegetarian tendencies in the Bible.”
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, The Emergence of Ethical Man , p. 31 (2005) -
“Joseph B. Soloveitchik, The Emergence of Ethical Man , p. 31 (2005)”
There is a distinct reluctance, almost an unwillingness, on the part of Torah to grant man the privilege to consume meat. Man as an animal-eater is looked at askance by the Torah. There are definitive vegetarian tendencies in the Bible.