This afternoon (5/10/21 at YBT) in our Rambam Bekius chavurah we finally managed (thanks to the footnote guy, and with Hashem's help, of course) to finally understand how and in what sense haughtiness and anger are exceptions to the "middle path" rule. Additionally, we were able to explain a number of the statements cited by the Rambam about the evils of haughtiness and anger. Tomorrow we'll try to wrap this up and move on to the other specific deios which the Rambam discusses in this perek.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ג
Aristotle: Rhetoric 2:2
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Bekius Disclaimer:
Note that this is a bekius chavurah - as opposed to an iyun shiur. Each session consists of us reading through the Rambam's writings together without much preparation on my part, and without going into depth by consulting commentaries or primary sources. For all these reasons, there are bound to be inaccuracies, errors, and other types of shortcomings which would not be acceptable in a prepared shiur, but are quite typical of a bekius chavurah. Please bear this in mind, and know what you're signing up for when you listen!
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Rambam Resources:
- Mechon Mamre: the most accurate complete edition of the Mishneh Torah available online for free http://www.mechon-mamre.org/
- AlHaTorah: excellent site overall, and reliable for the first three books of the Mishneh Torah, as well as the Shelat edition of the Rambam's commentary on the Mishnah and other works of the Rambam https://rambam.alhatorah.org/
- Daat: features many of the Rambam's writings, including Qafih's translation of the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, complete with footnotes http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/mahshevt/mahadurot.htm
- Explanatory Essays on The Guide for the Perplexed: https://www.maimonides-guide.com/full-table-of-contents
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