tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post2705505687451855811..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Ibn Ezra on seeing at a distancejoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-32287710243257891372014-12-05T16:03:03.918-05:002014-12-05T16:03:03.918-05:00Another fascinating blog which reminded me of this...Another fascinating blog which reminded me of this passage of Zohar:<br /><br />“The innermost ear is formed of curved apertures so that the sound will be slowed down in entering the brain, the brain will be able to perceive it and it will not enter quickly, for whatever happens quickly does not possess complete wisdom... sound is slowed down in the river of that trickle in the curve of the ears and does not enter quickly. Then it is tested to see whether it is good or bad” (Zohar Ha’azinu on Job 34:3).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-85097732468433252032011-02-17T15:51:35.630-05:002011-02-17T15:51:35.630-05:00Thanks Josh!
(I'm full of nice thoughts. ;)Thanks Josh!<br /><br />(I'm full of nice thoughts. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-87667591177280189502011-02-17T09:11:00.653-05:002011-02-17T09:11:00.653-05:00well, that certainly is a nice thought that one ca...well, that certainly is a nice thought that one can extract from his words. <br /><br />still, since the context makes it clear that he is speaking of scientific reality, and since we can identify this contemporary scientific belief as Galenic science, i would not go for any allegorical meaning; nor would Ibn Ezra. :)<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-28033834106024749882011-02-17T07:44:54.787-05:002011-02-17T07:44:54.787-05:00Does it mean that what's heard depends on what...Does it mean that what's heard depends on what spirit carried it to the ear, whereas what's seen rather depends on the inner qualities of the person seeing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-31465684125476750352011-02-16T19:33:16.638-05:002011-02-16T19:33:16.638-05:00I wrote:
but the eye sees from a distance, while ...I wrote:<br /><br /><i>but the eye sees from a distance, while the air brings the sound to the ear.</i><br /><br />interpret the other parts however you want. but we know nowadays that just as the sound travels through the air, so does the light travel through the eye. just that light travels through the air faster than sound. seeing does not happen at a distance, but at the eye itself. that is, Ibn Ezra is saying that seeing happens instantaneously due to extramission of rays from the eye.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-58375600594208080152011-02-16T19:09:31.325-05:002011-02-16T19:09:31.325-05:00What do you mean that nowadays we know that its no...What do you mean that nowadays we know that its not the case? We know that the lightning happens at the same time as the thunder. We also know that sound travels thru the air in waves and each sound makes a different wave. I dont think he means that an image of the actual letter is made in the air. That would be ludicrous.Znoreply@blogger.com