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May I suggest the idol destroying book somehow become one of those lift- a- flap books?

Also, mazal tov on the end of the “ Babies Love Kittens” era.

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Now that's an idea!

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Lol, a before and after of the idol!

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You did a smashing job!

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Very punny!

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Nice job

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This definitely sounds like a good way to get some of that extra energy out!

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Fun post again, and Amen to the main point!

A small comment, not too integral to the post - "These beliefs deny a spiritual dimension", the Greeks did not deny a spiritual dimension, but you aren't wrong that they were the beginning of such a reality...

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I don't actually have a good source for that, it's just references elsewhere, what's your source

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Mostly the Rambam in the Moreh, but also you can read Plato's Republic and Aristotles views on the Intellects and spheres. And Chazal in Vayikra rabba Parshas Shemini talk abot that יון still had a פנימיות which is mst probably על דרך זה, I plan on writing my first post bout this ענין... I'll let you know when I get around to actually posting.

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Yes, but if that was philosophy that means people can reason without need of a spiritual dimension

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True, that is partly why they were the instigators of philosophy as we know it, but this isn't to say that they themselves had zero connection with a spiritual realm. Quite the opposite; the Kuzari explains that the philosophers believed that through asceticism one can reach a level of perfect intellect and connect with the spheres (which were minds like the Rambam describes in the beginning of the Yad) and be part of the collective 'mind' of the spheres along with Plato and Aristotle and so on. This is clear in Greek sources as well. Mind over body was all about what we call 'the spiritual' (they even gave it that terminology if I'm remembering correctly). This is a part of a very long discussion but this is the gist of it.

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I would actually buy this book for my friends’ babies.

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Thank you, I'm honored. Pitka tava!

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