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This shiur is l’ilui nishmat Michael Yirmiyahu (Jeremy) haCohen Barkan. This is the concluding shiur in the series, and is an overview of the entire book “The Emergence of Ethical Man.” Rabbi Triebitz asks the following question: Rav Soloveitchik has reduced man to a naturalistic being, so is there any room for spirituality in the […] The post Ethical Man 10 appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

This shiur concludes the book “The Emergence of Ethical Man”. (It is not yet decided whether there will be one final shiur or not). Rav Soloveitchik discusses two concepts of G-d as king – one ontological and one ethical. One political/autocratic and one covenental/democratic. Rabbi Triebitz also quotes from this book: The Invention of Hebrew […] The post Ethical Man 09 appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

In last week’s shiur Rabbi Triebitz explained that Rav Yosher Ber understands Adam and Eve as aesthetic beings. Rabbi Soloveitchik continues with a discussion of Abraham, and shows that he is the correction for the sin of Adam and Eve. “The charismatic personality must free himself from the place where he was born…” In this […] The post Ethical Man 08 – Avraham Avinu appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

In the Emergence Of Ethical Man (Meotzar Horav) Rabbi Soloveitchik discusses ‘The Emergence of Sin’ (p.95ff). The demonic personality expresses itself in a change in man’s personality. Rav Soloveitchik brings Santayana, Nietsche and Bergson as his sources. Rabbi Triebitz claims that Rabbi Soloveitchik draws inspiration from Ernst Cassirer and especially his book An Essay on […] The post Ethical Man 07 – Ethical Development appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

In this shiur Rabbi Triebitz goes through chapter 4 and the beginning of chapter 5 in The Emergence of Ethical Man. He begins with a recap of ‘Lonely Man of Faith’ and the concept of Adam I and Adam II. Adam I is intellectual and technological. Adam II is ethical and religious. Rabbi Triebitz shows […] The post Ethical Man 06 – Man as Animal appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

In this Shiur Rabbi Triebitz continues with ‘The Emergence of Ethical Man’. Rav Soloveitchik shows how there was an ‘evolution’ from plant-like to animal-like to human. He demonstrates this with verses from Bereishis, relating to eating animals, and the soul which is in the blood. Rabbi Soloveitchik also has a radical understanding of sacrifices, stemming […] The post Ethical Man 05 – Evolution to Animal appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

Chapter 1: Man as an Organic Being Rabbi Soloveitchik shows how humans are similar to plants. In chapter 2 he will go on to show how humans are carnivorous beings. There are many parts to a person, which are evolutionary, going from a lower to a higher form. He brings several verses showing the connection […] The post Ethical Man 04 – Human as Plant appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

Rabbi Triebitz continues with the Emergence Of Ethical Man. According to Rabbi Soloveichik there is no contradiction between the evolutionary description of creation and the Biblical account. He then goes on to say that we need a new philosophy of Judaism that is based on halacha, and not on Rishonim. He claims that the Rishonim […] The post Ethical Man 03 – Transcendence appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

Rabbi Triebitz continues with a second introduction to the Emergence Of Ethical Man One of the basic ideas of Henri Bergson‘s philosophy was that all matter has two components: mechanistic and creative. He termed the creative component the elan vital. These two components, mechanistic and creative, allow for matter to both remain constant and static, […] The post Ethical Man 02 – Henri Bergson appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.

Rabbi Triebitz begins this exciting new series of shiurim with some personal history of his connection to The Rav (Yosher Ber Soloveitchik – or Yosef Dov Soloveichik depending on what mood I’m in). He explains how he has been involved in two projects to edit and annotate books of notes from shiurim of The Rav […] The post Ethical Man 01 – Introduction appeared first on Hashkafa Circle.