S7, E8.1 The Guide of the Perplexed, The Problem of Evil, 04: Transcendent God, Moses, and the Body, pt. 1

This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger.

00:30 Moses perceived the whole of the universe, which is "all of God's goodness"

2:15 In order to understand the true nature of reality, one has to transcend the body

10:00 Was Moses' great perception the whole of the created universe or God's transcendence?

14:00 One cannot understand God's transcendence without understanding the whole of the created universe; and one cannot understand the whole of the created universe without understanding God's transcendence

21:00 What is actually meant by "God saw that it was good"?

24:00 The world is right but by no metric

29:30 To see the goodness of the world is to be blinded

33:30 Everyone perceives evil since they perceive reality through the lens of the body

35:00 The perception through the lens of the body is also important and a part of nature

42:00 The hamoni in the Guide is not the other guy – everyone has some hamonism within themselves

44:00 The tension between whether man is defined by his intellect or by his body as well

45:00 How to prevent evil actions – through knowledge or character training?

48:00 Does human perfection involve intellectual perception or doing good?