Freedom for and Freedom for - Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb - Jewish Philosophy

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So, we're continuing today the discussion of freedom and and freedom. I want to report I'm very happy to report that my research did some research this morning and what I said yesterday about freedom uh seems to be born out by the Maral and the MS and um the idea that the other two words, the words that you find in the biblical text for freedom find in the biblical text for freedom which are the roar and freedom are negative concepts. They mean absence of restraints. Whether you think of the physical restraints or political restraints or moral restraints, but they're absence of restraints. It's negative concept. And freedom coming from holding or been holding refers to a higher positive status which renders certain restraints irrelevant to you. Because you're beyond them. Not because Because you're beyond them. Not because they're violated or broken or you've escaped them. But simply you have much more to do. It's a difference between a wild horse galloping down the highway faster than the speed limit versus an ambulance going down the highway faster than the speed limit. They're both breaking the speed limit for two entirely different reasons with two entirely different [clears throat] outcomes. So, that turns out I tried I worked hard at that myself. I was able to say what you can want to that I arrived at something which does

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