S6, E7 Shemona Perakim; Why Know God? Knowing God as the Perfection of a Human Being
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This shiur was generously sponsored in memory of R' Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchak David.
0:00 The Structure of Chapters 1-5 of the Shemona Perakim
2:45 The essence of man and the aim of man is reason, and the ultimate reason is God
9:00 Doing everything for the sake of heaven isn't a religious exercise, but is rather a selfish exercise
15:30 A person should do everything for the sake of heaven in order to be a true human being
23:45 Knowing Hashem is knowing truth
28:00 The divinity of intellect
36:00 Man should be aware of being in the constant presence of his own godly intellect
39:45 "The Holy, Blessed, be He," as codeword for intellect according to Rema
43:15 If a human is supposed to become an intellect, then why does he have a body?
48:30 Maimonides isn't here to tell human beings what to do; he's here to make them into human beings who will then know themselves what to do53:30 Is the perfection of man intellectual or practical?
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