Hi Matt and Chris,
MATT
<<<Three: This is not intellectual masturbation (though I, myself, have used
the phrase before). This (at least for me, maybe you all are masturbating) is
intellectual exercise. I get exercise and my ideas get exercise. Not
everything said on here is coherent or finished. But if I do say something
that is coherent or finished, it usually gets drug up for insertion into an
essay.>>>
Matt, I agree with this. On the other hand, there are some wonderful "one
liners" that get thrown into the discussion - many of them original
contributions from out own members.
I believe that Chris is after catching some of them. I don't think that his
approach can ever produce a comprehensive view of the MoQ, but it might be a
useful way to convey some of the flavour of the MoQ.
By way of example, most Jewish Payerbooks contain a section called "Ethics of
the Fathers" - a series of one-liners lifted from Mishna and Talmud.
Here are a few examples:
Shammai taught: "Say little and do much" (1:15).
Hillel taught: "Don't judge your fellowman until you are in his place . . .
and don't say I will study when I have time, lest you never find the time"
(2:4).
Hillel taught: "A person who is [too] shy [to ask questions] will never learn,
and a teacher who is too strict cannot teach . . . and in a place where there
are no men, strive to be a man" (2:5).
Rabbi Tarfon taught: "It is not your responsibility to finish the work [of
perfecting the world], but you are not free to desist from it either" (2:16).
Rabbi Chanina taught: "Pray for the welfare of the government, for without
fear of governmental authorities people would swallow each other alive" (3:2).
Ben Zoma taught: "Who is wise? He who learns from every man.... Who is a hero?
He who controls his passions" (4:1).
Jonathan
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