aphorism
noun
In Jewish tradition
Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah is written in short, tight sayings, which readers take as hints to be pondered rather than fully explained.
Meaning
A short wise saying that puts a truth in few words. tree →
Examples
- "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «aphorism» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «aphorism» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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