Yeshayahu Leibowitz
Yeshayahu Leibowitz was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish public intellectual and polymath. He was a professor of biochemistry, organic chemistry, and neurophysiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an editor of Encyclopaedia Hebraica, comprehensive encyclopedia in the Hebrew language. he was known for his outspoken views on politics, religion and Jewish philosophy.
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Background
- Born in
- Riga
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Trending topics shown first"Emancipation from the bondage of nature can only be brought about by the religion of Mitzvoth"
"The religion of halakhic practice is the religion of life itself."
"Security" is a reality only where there is true peace between neighbors, as in the case of Holland/Belgium, Sweden/Norway, the United States/Canada. In the absence of peace there is no security, and …"
"Only a religion addressed to life's prose, a religion of the dull routine of daily activity, is worthy of the name."
"ithout an agreement imposed from the outside, our situation will deteriorate to that of a second Vietnam, to a war in constant escalation without the prospect of ultimate resolution."
"Our security has been diminished rather than enhanced as a result of the conquests in this war."
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1903
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Birth1994
Died
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