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"Posit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... had no basis. Judaism did not distinguish between the objective and subjective efficacy of prayer. The two went together. The acceptance of the will of God and the inclining of God's purpose to the desire of man were two sides of one fact. The Rabbinic Judaism did not mechanically posit, however, the objective validity of prayer. On the contrary, the man who prayed expecting an answer was regarded as arrogant and sinful. A famous Talmudic prayer sums up the submissive aspect of the Jew in this brief petition (Berachoth, 29 a): 'Do Thy will in heaven ...
— Judaism • Israel Abrahams |
Words linked to "Posit" : lay, assert, place, suggest, put, pose, premiss, advise, bury, propose, assumption, insist, sediment, Bayes' postulate, premise, suppose, set, logic, presuppose |
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