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[Arie Folger]

RMB wrote:
> The earlier ge'onim (or, according to R' Treibitz's theory that the point of
> the story of the four captives is about the widespread acceptance of shas,
> all ge'onim) didn't know they were ge'onim.

Actually, I think they were quite conscious. Just like starting with
R' Yochanan, there is a real consciousness that a new era has begun.
That kind of consciousness is lacking in later generations. The end of
Geonim is fluid, and so is the end of Rishonim, and, as I have
mentioned, there are sources saying explicitly that there is no
inherent reason preventing A'haronim to disagree with Rishonim. To
continue quote R'HS, that doesn't mean that each of us has the
authority to disagree, it takes very broad shoulders to do so, but it
is not inherently impermissible or infeasible.

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