Yeshayahu Leibowitz: Quotes about nature

Yeshayahu Leibowitz was israeli intellectual. Explore interesting quotes on nature.
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“Emancipation from the bondage of nature can only be brought about by the religion of Mitzvoth”

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

"Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State" (1995)

“The formulation "ways to faith" could be interpreted as implying that faith is a conclusion a person may come to after pondering certain facts about the world-facts about history, nature, or consciousness. If that were the case, one could lead a person to this conclusion by presenting these facts to him and pointing out their implications. I, however, do not regard religious faith as a conclusion. It is rather an evaluative decision that one makes, and, like all evaluations, it does not result from any information one has acquired, but is a commitment to which one binds himself. In other words, faith is not a form of cognition; it is a conative element of consciousness.”

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

"Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State" (1995)

“From a religious point of view the triadic classification of being as nature, spirit, and God has no validity. There is only the dyad: nature, which includes the human spirit, and God. The only way man can break the bonds of nature is by cleaving to God; by acting in compliance with the divine will rather than in accordance with the human will.”

Yeshayahu Leibowitz

"Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State" (1995)