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| Jun 4, 2021 at 13:45 | comment | added | yters | That's a good distinction. If the trinity were true, the angles would have to have 100% belief. Can a being have 100% belief that X is true while having 0% understanding of how X can be true? It seems logically possible, but I don't understand how :D | |
| Jun 4, 2021 at 13:03 | comment | added | Harel13 | @yters I'm not sure your examples are comparable. Those beliefs of the business or science also include knowledge that the outcome may change, it's just that the belief in the outcome not changing is usually something like 99% (a kind of self-denial). Nachmanides I think was speaking about 100% belief - otherwise, we would have to say that angels hold a minimum of 1% doubt in the trinity. | |
| Jun 4, 2021 at 12:51 | comment | added | yters | Great answer, although I would say there is a subtlety to Nachmanides' last point. While he is correct that one cannot believe a proposition that is logically impossible, i.e. we cannot believe in square circles and married bachelors, it is possible to believe in propositions which we do not know to be true. For example, an entrepreneur starting a new business does not know it will be successful, but still proceeds because he believes it will be successful. Or, obscure scientific topics, like particle wave duality, that I certainly do not understand in the slightest, but still believe. | |
| Jun 4, 2021 at 12:47 | vote | accept | yters | ||
| Jun 4, 2021 at 11:41 | history | edited | Harel13 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 4, 2021 at 6:53 | history | answered | Harel13 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |