Studies have shown that dual-career couples with young children spend only 10% of their evenings together, with most of that time spent discussing errands. (In other words, they have to work extra hard to keep that romantic spark alive…) Kirsti M. Jylhä is from a country where there is more government benefit to people and less poverty and homelessness. However, just about everyone there is white. It may be that, without diversity, people are less likely to write off other people as “other” or not like themselves. They do not have to see the world as a zero-sum game because there are no clear groups to see as potential winners and losers. Lichtenstein (Abraham ben Eliezer). ספר הין צדק ותיקון המדות מיוסד על ח״ פרקי רבינו משה בר מיימון זצוק״ל‎. Wilna, 1799. ווילנא (תקנט)‎. 4°. (Contains only chapters I–V.) It is sometimes possible to understand advanced mathematics using no more than a limited knowledge of .................... In any event, Rambam’s point here in “Eight Chapters” is that the same holds true of the seemingly straightforward words of Pirke Avot (“The Ethics of the Fathers”). Though what’s said there certainly works on a clearly ethical, inspirational level, so much of it nonetheless alludes to deeper, more portentous things than we might have expected. And it touches upon things that very much affect our spiritual status.

Note. — Maimonides com. in P. A. qui est consueta Sam. Tibbonidis versione praemittur interpretis et auctoris altera fusior de animae facultatibus quam scemone perachim seu octo capitula inscripsit.Cf. M.'s Commentary on Abot, V, 14 (Rawicz, Commentar, p. 100). See Eth. Nic., VII, 1, "it is a rare thing for a man to be godlike". A physician wrote, The discipline of analytical thought processes [in mathematics] prepared me extremely well for medical school. In medicine one is faced with a problem which must be thoroughly analyzed before a solution can be found. The process is similar to doing mathematics.’ Cod. 959. Maḥzor romanum ° vel italicum . . . P. A. cum com. M. ac Jarchii ej. M. Perachim an. 1400.

The directing of the powers of one's soul towards a certain goal is the subject of Chapter V. Man's one aim in life should be to understand God. All his actions and words should be so arranged as to accomplish this purpose, and consequently he should seek not the most pleasant but the most useful things. The body should be kept in a healthy condition for the sake of the purity of the soul. When one partakes of food that is pleasant but dangerous to the health, he is like a senseless beast. Man acts sensibly only when all his actions are aimed at gaining bodily welfare and spiritual superiority. Science and education aid in this; for the study of algebra, geometry, and mechanics sharpens one's intellect, and enables one to understand the truth of the proofs of God's existence. Man ought to direct his words towards this goal. He should speak only of such things as will benefit his soul, or avert danger from his body. In consequence of this, man will desist from many ordinary actions and words. He will not think of beautifying the walls of his house with costly decorations or his clothes with expensive embroideries, unless it be done for the purpose of spiritual uplifting. Such an aim is lofty and difficult of attainment, but one accomplishing it ranks as high as does a prophet. The rabbis have most wonderfully and concisely expressed this sentiment by the saying, "Let all your actions be for the sake of God." ( Abot II, 12.) McGhee recalls microaggressions she experienced growing up and environments in which she was the only POC. She has often navigated overwhelmingly white worlds and realizes that “White people are the most segregated people in America.” Most white people live in neighborhoods that are 75% white, and even though they say they would prefer to know diverse people, McGhee says they are hindered by the belief that any neighborhood with many POC is “bad.” This began because of redlining and other processes by which the government separated Americans. Even after the Supreme Court made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, the government discriminated in giving loans to POC to buy homes. But houses in white neighborhoods with “good” schools are more expensive.Strengthen and deepen your love with a fun, ingenious program of eight life-changing conversations—on essential topics such as money, sex, and trust—from two of the world’s leading marriage researchers and clinicians. Cf. H. Deot, "VI, 1, "The natural disposition of the human mind occasions man to be influenced in his opinions and actions by those with whom he associates, and his conduct to be dependent on that of his friends and countrymen". Falkenheim, S. Die Ethik des Maimonides oder Schemoneh Perakim; deutsch bearbeit. Konigsberg, 1832. 8°. Cod. 403. Maḥzor hisp. cum Sect. biblicia ac Psal. occurr. . . . P. A. cum com. M. Minhag seu Treves, memb. rabbin. in 8° an. 1470.

Earth Science is a pretty complicated topic because it takes ideas from chemistry, physics and biology, and blends in things like seismology, oceanography and evolution, along with ideas from other sciences. What Knoll does in this book is break that complicated topic into pieces. Each of the eight chapters focuses on a specific topic, from Chemical Earth through Physical Earth and Biological Earth and so on, up to Human Earth. Mi = Mishnah text with Commentary of Maimonides, Naples, 1492; printed by Joshua Soncino. [78] This is the first edition of the Mishnah. The copy used by the editor is found in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. It has marginal notes offering corrections, as well as some interlinear insertions. It agrees substantially with So, its source evidently being the same, both being Soncino editions. Variants from it are recorded in the notes only when differing from those of So. The appetitive part is the power to long for a thing or to shun it. From this there results the seeking after or fleeing from a person or thing; inclination and avoidance; anger and satisfaction; fear and bravery; cruelty and compassion, and many other qualities ( מקרים‎, accidents) of the soul. The organs of this power are all parts of the body. The thinking in each chapter uses at most only elementary arithmetic, and sometimes not even that. Thus all readers will have the chance to participate in a mathematical experience, to appreciate the beauty of mathematics, and to become familiar with its logical, yet intuitive, style of thinking.Shortly after Ibn Tibbon translated the Moreh, Jehudah al-Ḥarizi, the poet, was asked by a number of scholars to do the same work. This, of course, implied that Ibn Tibbon's rendering was not satisfactory to them. They wished al-Ḥarizi to ​translate the Moreh in a simple, clear and polished style, as the version of Ibn Tibbon, being literal, was necessarily heavy. Al-Ḥarizi prefixed to his work two introductions, one containing an alphabetical list of "strange words," and the other, the contents of each chapter. It is fortunate for Ibn Tibbon that al-Ḥarizi, too, did the same work, for a comparison shows the marked superiority and excellence of Ibn Tibbon's translation. In his Glossary of Strange Words, which he later prefixed to the Moreh, Ibn Tibbon rightfully shows the many errors and shortcomings of the translation of al-Ḥarizi, who might be a good poet, but who showed his ignorance when he attempted to deal with scientific matters. [56]