Ancient Greek literatue/ Greek philosophy (חָוכְמָה יְוָונִית)
Ancient Greek literatue/ Greek philosophy (חָוכְמָה יְוָונִית)

Ancient Greek literatue/ Greek philosophy

Literature of the ancient Greek culture.

("And they said, the later Phalmus, wanting to say the authority that existed in his days, as our holy Rabbi the author says. And they said, Jonah, wanting to say Jonah wisdom, according to which they were a device for interpreting the symbols in speech, and thus things that are not simple but have a hidden meaning of wisdom" - The Interpretation of the Mishnah by the Rambam, Maschet Sota, Chapter 9, Tu)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חָוכְמָה יְוָונִית

Definition (Hebrew)

סִפְרוּת הַתַּרְבּוּת הַיְּוָנִית הָעַתִּיקָה.

("וְאָמְרוּ פֻּלְמוּס הָאַחֲרוֹן, רוֹצֶה לוֹמַר הַשִּׁלְטוֹן שֶׁהָיָה בְּיָמָיו, כְּלוֹמַר רַבֵּנוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ הַמְּחַבֵּר. וְאָמְרוּ יוֹנִית, רוֹצָה לוֹמַר חָכְמָה יוֹנִית, לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ מַכְנִיס אֶת הָרְמָזִים שֶׁבַּדָּבוּר, וְכֵן דְּבָרִים שֶׁאֵינָם כִּפְשׁוּטָם אֶלָּא יֵשׁ לָהֶן עִנְיָן נִסְתָּר חָכְמָה"- פֵּרוּשׁ הַמִּשְׁנָה לָרַמְבָּ"ם מַסֶּכֶת סוֹטָה פֶּרֶק ט, טוּ)

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