The pearl parable teaches that fearlessness and refusal to obey convention are what make a person wealthy and powerful.
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The pearl parable teaches that fearlessness and refusal to obey convention are what make a person wealthy and powerful.
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Frank’s anti-rabbinic line is interpreted as a command to think for yourself rather than obey human rabbis.
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"...very wealthy. So in this world, what matters is not obey conventions, not, what matters is not listening to other people, conforming to other..."
"What matters is your fearlessness, okay? Just go do it, man. Seize it, and you'll become wealthy. That's what this world is about, okay?..."
"There is no people like the Jews. They are like snakes and crocodiles, for there is no love at all among them, but only..."
"...thing where a thousand, ten thousand men can't lift up? It's convention. It's social convention. Right? It's laws that we agree on. It's morality...."
"These rabbis are human as well. Think for yourself. Okay? See the truth for yourself. And that's what he's teaching his followers. All right...."
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