Introduction to Euclid
Baruch ben Jacob (Baruch of Shklov) Schick
1780
The Gentiles abuse us and say that we are a foolish nation, not a wise one. They consequently slander the words of our sages, and say that whoever studies them becomes divorced from the norms of civility and from nature [yibadel mi-hok ha-medini ve-teva ‘olam]. [ . . . ]
Such was not the way of our sages. No mystery, discipline, or science eluded…
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