[Avodah] ants

[Eli Turkel]

In a recent daf yomi the gemara discusses pesukim in Mishle that discuss the
behavior of ants. One amora decided to
scientifically check the behavior of ants and seems to be criticized by the
gemara for not just relying on
King Solomon.
There is a debate among achronim whether shlomo knew his facts by kabalah or
by observation.

Since modern science rests strongly on experimental evidence as against
quotes from authority it would
seem that modern man would interpret the pesukim as an example with a lesson
rather than taking
the pesukim literally. Nevertheless, the gemara hints that this approach is
wrong. It does depend to some
degree on the argument between Chatam Sofer and Malbim on how shlomo knew
his facts

-- 
Eli Turkel



-- 
Eli Turkel
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