Billington in his Fire in the Minds of Men mentions the visceral search for certainty after the French revolution. And draws parallels from that period to the 1960's.
To me it seems the world nowadays is also in this search for certainty mode.
My feeling about this is that one should learn Math and Physics and hard core natural sciences if one is in search for certainly and a stable frame of reference. Also the Avi Ezri of Rav Shach and the Musar of the disciples of Rav Israel Salanter.
{The search for certainty means of course a world view that encompasses everything. And though Musar [the Ethics of the Middle Ages] does not openly present a philosophical world view but still it is built on a synthesis of neo Platonic thought and the Gemara. And that seems to me to be about the bet thing out there.]
The fact that Medieval thought was a synthesis of Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus contributed highly to the advance of Western Civilization.
And least you say that Physics and Rav Shach are hard, let me just say you need to simply say the words and go on. And also to lean in small segments. That is just set out to do one page. Then when you have finished put in a place marker and the next day start from where you left off.
To me it seems the world nowadays is also in this search for certainty mode.
My feeling about this is that one should learn Math and Physics and hard core natural sciences if one is in search for certainly and a stable frame of reference. Also the Avi Ezri of Rav Shach and the Musar of the disciples of Rav Israel Salanter.
{The search for certainty means of course a world view that encompasses everything. And though Musar [the Ethics of the Middle Ages] does not openly present a philosophical world view but still it is built on a synthesis of neo Platonic thought and the Gemara. And that seems to me to be about the bet thing out there.]
The fact that Medieval thought was a synthesis of Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus contributed highly to the advance of Western Civilization.
And least you say that Physics and Rav Shach are hard, let me just say you need to simply say the words and go on. And also to lean in small segments. That is just set out to do one page. Then when you have finished put in a place marker and the next day start from where you left off.
