Value in learning physics
Hello Rabbi,
I wanted to ask a question following up on a question I saw asked here on the site a long time ago.
The rabbi was asked whether there was value in studying physics, not for someone who wants to work in it, but for someone who sees themselves in the world of Torah over time. The rabbi then replied that the value lies in developing thinking.
But still, I want to ask whether there is no intrinsic value in the knowledge gained in physics? Not only in terms of developing thinking, but in terms of knowing nature as it is. It seems that many of the sages of Israel studied natural wisdom, not precisely to develop thinking. Does the rabbi think that they did so only because it was once accepted to interpret verses or the sages according to the physics known at the time?
It seems possible to develop thinking in other ways, not necessarily through the tedious study of physics.
Thanks in advance.
I agree. There is value in this in itself. Although I don’t see evidence one way or the other in the precedents of the sages of Israel, that’s how the explanation goes.
By the way, I don’t think it’s possible to develop thinking without effort.
Can the Rabbi define what self-worth is?
Thank you and sorry for the trouble
What can be defined? Wisdom is a value in itself. It is not a means to something else, and therefore I cannot define it further (what it contributes to, etc.).
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