Interpretation of “Learning and understanding and the trials of life and length of days…” Help in understanding a passage from the book of Yashar
In the Book of Truth (fifth chapter in the pages of the work) it is written
“And the highest and lowest is learning and understanding and the trials of the world and length of days . And behold, these are four pillars by which a man will acquire wisdom.”
Could you perhaps help and explain what each page is (learning, understanding, worldly experiences, length of days?)
It would help me a lot, there is a general feeling of ambiguity when reading this passage.
I don’t know. Perhaps learning is basic facts, wisdom is understanding one thing from another (drawing conclusions from basic facts), the trials of the world are experience, and length of days is old age, indicating that you have a lot of experience. perhaps.
Perhaps longevity improves intelligence, not as a sign of experience, but rather as an older mind that is more successful as the elders of the Torah scholars, whose minds settle down to them, less frenzied and passionate.
Thanks, together from both responses I do get some general picture of the author's intention
In the framed article - does the rabbi have a particular opinion or probability regarding the controversy over who wrote the Book of Truth?
No. And it doesn't sound very interesting to me, neither the author nor the book.
It's more intriguing than before…
Did you read the book and decide it wasn't interesting? Or did the name of the book not sound interesting? (“Babylonian Talmud” sound more interesting? Or “Mishnah Torah?”) And isn't Rabbi Tam, as a figure from the first, interesting either?
One of the greatest Tosafot authors, who influenced the world of Halacha to this day (Moshe R”t, Tefillin R”t, and more, the outstretched hand..)
Just out of pure curiosity.
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