[Avodah] The Vilna Gaon and Secular Studies

[Rich, Joel]

To me it seems that a few other conclusions can be drawn:[1] If you are a genius with an IQ of 180 and you only need four hours of sleep a night, you can master kol haTorah kulah AND also learn all other branches of knowledge in your spare time.
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IIUC, the Gaon’s theory of limud torah was that there was no such thing as spare time (any time one does not have to be doing something else must be spent learning) Thus assumedly he felt time spent on secular studies was required. Unless one posits that he had a need for “recreation” which was study of secular studies or that he really only studied them when Torah learning of any sort was forbidden.
KT
Joel Rich
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