Question

In several places I have found in your writings the idea that the laws in the Mishnah are expressed in casuistic form. It is a fine and compelling idea.
I thought to suggest to you (and perhaps you have already addressed this in the past; I am not really well-versed in your writings) that one might look in a similar way at aggadic literature as well (your general approach to aggadic literature is known to me).
Aggadic passages are full of forceful, even exaggerated statements, such as: “Whoever studies halakhot every day is assured that he is a son of the World to Come” (but what if immediately afterward he is careful to murder two or three people?) or “One who whitens his fellow’s face in public has no share in the World to Come” (but what if he did so once in his life, in a storm of emotion?).
If we understand these statements as casuistic formulations, describing one law or value principle in isolation from all the others (and your example from the laws of nature in textbooks is fondly remembered), perhaps it will be easier for us to grasp the original tone of these statements.
With blessings, and with thanks for the wellsprings of your Torah that give drink to so very many.