[Avodah] reality

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 09:19:02AM -0500, David Riceman wrote:
> RSN (citing someone):
>> in general, whenever Chazal make a scientific statement, they are not  
>> talking about the observable universe but rather the "real" universe.

> RMB:
>> Chazal don't speak of reality as it is, but reality as we are able to  
>> experience it directly.

> See the beginning of the sixth Be'er in Be'er HaGolah (in Rabbi  
> Hartman's edition try p. 145). The Maharal's formulation is that Hazal  
> spoke, not about the laws of nature, but about the divine laws which  
> induce the laws of nature.

Is the metaphysical basis of the laws of nature "the 'real' universe"
or more like the list of phenomena that shape souls?

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-Micha

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