Sunday, November 23, 2014

A Person's Worth

“To recognize a person is not just to identify him physically. It is more than that: it is an act of identifying him existentially…To recognize a person means to affirm that he is irreplaceable. To hurt a person means to tell him that he is expendable, that there is no need for him.”

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik in Angel for Shabbat


3 comments:

  1. Nice vort.

    However, it helps if the person has identified and developed himself in such a deep way first. :) If they themselves haven't accomplished much in that vein, it can be harder for others to do so as well. :)

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  2. A good point. What happens when children are raised in an environment where they are but a number? How will they even know to develop themselves?

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