Meditation 1 Insanity is believing something, which isn't true. Ramanujan went insane because his equations were not feasible. Mathematicians, when they focus on falsehoods, lose their minds. It's the same with Philosophers. We must align our thoughts, behaviors and observations with the Logos---God's immutable Law. If we do not, we lose touch with reality, and become out of sync with the LORD's Will, and will have skewed perceptions about creation. All insanity comes from two sources: Either a misalignment within our understanding of nature and being, or a fault of conscience, where we cannot reconcile our behaviors with our idealized self. All insanity comes from those two purposes. And when one begins to recognize that the two are one in the same, one begins to pull outside of insanity and reclaim all sound mind again. Meditation 2 All cultures and civilizations have accessed Logos---and wherever there was good, and unburdensome society, and wholesome practices, and justice and love and equity, there was the Logos. Malcom X, when converting to Sunni Islam, confronted the Logos at Mecca. However, Logos is one Person of God's Trinity. It is the Son, embodied in the Flesh of God's Word, and all wisdom proceeds from Him. But, Life and Divine Judgment proceed from God, also. The spirit of man, is his life. The judgment of man is in God's hand. And the Spirit of God is eternal life. Yet, it is true, that throughout all of history, poets have found the eternal springs. Meditation 3 As Confucius had said, all justice, all artistic beauty, all aspects of civilization, come through a proper ordering of names. Without which, one has disorder, and men proceed to think thoughts genesised only in their own foolish minds. Therefore, to have ordered society, and ordered life, one proceeds to need definition for things, which align with their innate being. Without which, men are lost to confusion, and nothing, from the arts, to civil courts, to even open discourse upon the streets and the citizen's daily habits, can be done in peace. Meditation 4 The wise sages have found universal attributes in a mother's comfort. The wise writers, too. The wise psychologists. But, it is also true for the paternal instinct, as well. Meditation 5 All readings convey a sense, which becomes universal. Two men, approaching a difficult text, can each equally find as many trivial differences as there are stars in the heavens. But, we can be sure that that which they find in common, is indeed a sense of what the writer had conveyed. Therefore, when interpreting the Bible, listen to what the great sages had said, but first form your own thoughts. If your thoughts are found in those wise Theologians, than indeed, you are an interpreter as well. If not, seek out Pastors and Shepherds to herd you to your proper habitation. Meditation 6 Aristotle noted that the man without Logos is natured as a slave. I do not agree with this sentiment. Rather, I value freedom. The criminal already is a slave, but not the innocent man who merely cannot know a wise thought from a foolish one. However, society must be ordered so that those who have Logos are the Judges, and those without Logos are not. For, too often, people who cannot see the sense of God's creation become instilled in high places, and from there flows all corruption. These, who cannot judge right from wrong inherently, are to follow those who can. Meditation 7 I have seen unintelligent men blessed with wisdom, and I have seen geniuses cursed with folly. The Fear of God is the difference between the two men, and those with no fear of God, cannot know what is right from wrong. Meditation 8 The Logos is what is true. If the number 3.14 and π is the language, the axiom it represents is the Logos. Therefore, in human psychology, the Logos is what would create flourishing, and admonishes what would create harm. In Philosophy, the Logos is what is true, able to distinguish from what is false. In Math the Logos is the aspect of being and nature which the algebra, calculus and numerals describe. When reading a story, it is often the Logos which we discover in it. And if we are not wise enough, we do not enjoy the work. For, we say, "What sense does this have?" It is also true, that disorderly thought, and disorderly belief creates fractures of Logos, and diverge species upon species which have no right definition. Meditation 9 I am writing a philosophy text. Not a religious text. Make no mistake: Any religious notion made canon comes from God's authority, and is accepted as canon by all the Church, not just one part of it. The ordination of the Scripture has a tone of Logos which only it has. It can be found in ancient forms of poetry, where the LORD had not revealed Himself yet. And this is what creates confusion. But, as Paul had said, "God winked through the Poets." Which, God spoke to civilizations through men like Virgil and Ptahhotep; and echoes of God's word have been placed in the scriptures of Islam and Hinduism. Yet, what divine source and revelation the Bible has, it is the full revelation of God, unadulterated. For, it is the only Holy Text which can predict its next evolution. Do you feel the tone I speak? It is a wise tone, but can very easily become a Cult. If you see this tone, and it claims to be the Word of God, it is not. It is a lie if it claims to be the Word of God. It is merely the teachings of a man. Meditation 10 The Nazi ideal was a racial motivation to create a social hierarchy, and enslave those beneath them. It was an engine of Socialism as much as Racism. CRT and Inclusivity, have reflections of the same. And I think it will echo throughout history, as one of the vilest forms of fascism the world has ever known. Not for the wars it caused, or the people it killed, but for the unhappy state it left civilization in, which was once felicitous. Meditation 11 Ralph Waldo Emerson and Michel Montaigne, both had spoken wisely on the Logos. That there is a sense to all things we read---even at times a precise meaning, like one were studying a clock and its gears---that guides the human minds to similar destinations. If we decide to stray from this, and interpolate, there is a sense that the reader must confess that they are doing interpolation and not interpretation. For, wisdom can come from interpolation---much. But, the truly wise will seek for the truth of a matter, rather than their own fancy. The fool, however, only seeks out of a text what it will reveal about his own mind. Meditation 12 Do not confuse what I am talking about with Christ. Do not confuse what I am talking about with a religious concept. It is not religion. It is not spiritual. It is rather philosophy. There, shall it be studied, as the word of a man, and not the word of God. When God speaks of Christ as the Logos, it is God's wisdom imbued in the Flesh of a Man. It is God's Word inhabiting, and intertwined, with a man, the man Jesus. In a sense, what I speak reflects that Man, insomuch that He is my teacher. But, do not be deceived: This is mere philosophy. An ordering of concepts so even a lay can understand. Meditation 13 The rebellious scholars call what I am speaking "Metaphysics." There is a great difference between "Metaphysics" and what I speak. Rather, what I'm calling the Logos is more in line with "Physics" than "Metaphysics". It is rather, a corporeal understanding of the world, through chains of Cause and Effect. Not an inspection of the Being of Being. Therefore, do not make what I say redundant, by calling it "Metaphysics." It is no more Metaphysics than an Equation from Mathematics. It is true, that what I speak is difficult to comprehend. So those who do call it "Metaphysics" have yet to understand the concept very well. Meditation 14 An Epicurean's meditation on the nature of Morality is very wise. Its only fault is that it cannot attain to what that morality is, which would create the most amount of benefit and the least amount of harm. Gospel, coupled with the Law, does create such felicity. It has been proven in Western Society, and also in Han China. As the principles of Confucius and Lao Tsu are very similar to that of the Bible's. There does need to be issuance of judgment for crime. But, there also needs to be issuance of forgiveness, for those whom, being punished for their crime, might lose what is good in them. Therefore, the Epicurean, even if he could divine the perfect Game Theory, to maximise Pleasure and reduce Pain, would still be draconian in implementing it, or more precisely, cannot know the Divine Omniscience necessary for judging the right outcomes. That is why Faith triumphs in the end. Meditation 15 Faith in the good, and faith in the evil, is more productive than man trying to discover either principle. One must be a lunatic to not know either exist, yet some men, professing to be wise, will claim that neither exist. Simple observation proves both exist. Ever having been truly in love, or filled with friendship and joy will prove there is good. And ever having suffered unjustly, or done something unjust, will prove that there is evil. Even our conscience declares it to be so. And the natural order of man, is to not be like the animals, and their anarchy. It is to be ordered with accordance to God's law, and that is what makes humanity happy. Meditation 16 Lao Tsu's the Way and Jesus' the way, though in their linguistic expressions different, are the same. Though Lao Tsu says "There is no name" and Jesus is that Name, we must understand the way they express is indeed the Logos. Lao Tsu says, "A way that can be spoken is not the Way", yet the LORD Jesus Spoke that way. We must not get bogged down in literal words. Lao Tsu is saying something very specific. What Lao Tsu is saying, is Jesus, of course as some Christians note, is not the literal name used by Jews in Roman times. But, rather, Jesus is the name used in England and its former territories, to express the Savior. The Logos is the man Jesus Himself. The words we use cannot contain their meaning, but rather, move through context to form a universal language, which is why the same concepts can always be expressed in all other languages. Even the most simplistic vocabulary of an African Bushman, can use its vocabulary of three hundred fifty words to fully express Christ. Meditation 17 One can express an evil thought, which is true for other evildoers. Murder is pleasurable after all; if it weren't, the child would not sit above ant colonies in the spring, and murder the ants. Just like a King can express dissatisfaction with his people's wealth and prosperity, for he is covetousness. Yet, immutably, Coveting is a sin, and rightfully so. King David coveted Bathsheba, and resulted to murder, rape and adultery just to have her. There are two principles here. No matter the depths of our sin, we can still be forgiven. Yet, consequences must be enacted for sin---for David strove his entire life. For a king, who covets the wealth of his people, their wives and children, and their property, it is still theft. Even if that King shrouds it with a noble notion, such as saving the world---what a foolish thought it is, to save the world and at once destroy it by murdering those who comprise it? Meditation 18 If it is not expressly known what Logos is, I will give you a riddle. The tree falls in the forest, and the crazy man considers it had made no sound. A hearer does not make what is sound. The vibrations of air do, which happens independent of whether the perceiver sees or doesn't see it. The tree falls in the forest, and there it lay. So, the Logos is like those same vibrations, which make soundness in the entire cosmos and everything that is feasible. Meditation 19 If I speak in riddles, the riddles have meaning. And that is the Logos. Meditation 20 A fool once said, "The cart going before the horse is proper." And he couldn't understand the phrase, and insisted on it his way. Yet, in space and time, there is a proper answer to the riddle. The cart before the horse is so, that the horse must push it, and this is out of sync with nature. That is how we must understand it. The same fool rejected the reality that corruption exists in all levels of state. And yet, the public forum struck the evidence from the record. It does not make it any less true, that such is happening. That is what Logos is like. Though the fool cannot perceive it, yet it is. Mediation 21 Expressions of simplicity, do not mean something is true. If studying Euclid, the axioms at their simplest, are still very difficult to comprehend, and without a context, some are impossible even for a genius mind. This is why, Malcolm Gladwell's theory, that all thought can be expressed at a Fourth Grader's Comprehension, is flawed. This idea, stated simply, is still taking many words to state at its simplest. For, as Chesterton said, "My conversion wasn't only one thing, but rather a culmination of several thousand." So, also, any full idea is not entertained simply. Mediation 22 At its simplest, Logos is difficult to express. Simply expressed, it is expressed as "What is." And that is a difficult concept, even for a PhD in philosophy. Mediation 23 The madman expresses a notion, which is for himself true, and no other. A leader of a cult expresses a mad thought, and others, supposing to understand it, follow. I often find some cults are pervasive, because they clearly communicate their truth. Such as Islam, which states in simple to understand phrases its annotations of Biblical ideas. Though, why I expect Islam is a faulty religion, is summed up in that simplicity. Simplicity is not the sum of truth. Many of man's simplest ideas, though persuasive, are not true. Such, as a fool thinking that because he reads left to right, he therefore puts the cart before the horse. And adamant in this error, he supposes the philosopher of being a fool, who writes these maxims you read here. Mediation 24 The most difficult expression of Logos is much like a Calculus equation. Having borne a body of proof so substantial---though infinite more exists---one then rationalizes the empirical data, to find the patterns within the infinite sets, to reduce to a limit. And that limit is Christ. Why it does not reduce to, say, Muhammad or Vishnu, is because Christianity is precisely corroborated by all of the evidence. No other religion is. Both textually, and physically, the Bible is the only Holy Book in the world, which has proof of its God's existence. Mediation 25 As one final meditation on Logos, to complete my sayings: If ever there were a wise man, he had communicated something true. If ever there were a fool, he convinced many people of something which wasn't. The order and disorder of both ways, is how we judge the efficacy of an idea. One might cite the Middle Ages, as proof of Christianity's lack---however, one must also understand Christianity was not fully realized, until the Renascence and Enlightenment. The faith was never as robust, as those periods until just recently. Yes, it was challenged by the philosophers of its day, even put into doubt for many---but the moral principles of Christ were followed and adhered during those years more than any other in history. With that, the happy society I knew as a child, was only possible because of Christ and His law. And all disorder, maleficence and chaos came when that happiness was put into question, precisely because unhappy people could not conceive of it. If you cannot understand these principles, then do not teach. Meditation 26 The hearer is more wise than the speaker. The one who integrates what is said, and fully grasps it, is more wise than the one who speaks what is not in another's mouth. So it is, that Grace Salvation is through the blood of Jesus alone. Yet, it is a free gift, requiring no work by us. An effectual simplification of this, is to rationalize, "Well, the simpler concept is that I do good to go to heaven, for if not doing good, I can still enter, what causes me to do good then?" Do you not know, oh foolish one, that the effectual heart that has grace, is passive, and they have righteousness and a desire to do good? Whereas, the wicked have a desire to do what is evil. Meditation 27 Fame leads to many hangers on, and being a King means there are many false friends around you. So, good to be the poor man, so that those whom he loves he knows to be true. Does not the Logos speak to this? The naive believe in the naivety of their own soul. And the innocent believe in the innocency of his own heart. For, they say, "If I were with my friend, the King, I would treat him as my friend." Yet, do not deceive yourself. The King can have no friends, for all are mutually acquainted with him by their own designs. So, you move up with him in his decree: he moves up, and so do you. Therefore, do you see how futile it is? Meditation 28 The LORD Jesus is King. There is no other. And we, do, exercise our faith to be in beneficial graces. For we are rewarded with kindness from the LORD, by our own desire to be like Him... an innocent lamb. Yet, how blessed were those Apostles, whom being impoverished with Him, treated Him as if He were the living God? As if He were the King and Root of Jesse? And for what did they honor him? Crucifixion? Stoning? Accusations? Revilings? Being likened as the scum of the earth, lowlifes, simpletons, rejects of the world? Yet, for the simple fact that Jesus spoke truth, like no man ever had or could, that is why they followed Him. Such it is with the Logos, that we seek it out, though few do understand. They call us, "Metaphysicians" they call us "Wise Men" they call us "Esoteric" and "Mystics". It is not so. The mysteries of the faith are embodied in the Man Jesus Christ, and the spiritual is as much a physical being. For, we couple knowledge with all wisdom, and recognize Spirit is intermingled with the flesh of creation. For, when we eat of the substances, it is our LORD whose Body we consume. Though, we understand it as a symbol, it is the spiritual transubstantiation of the properties of God dwelt in the Flesh. Meditation 29 The fullness of truth indwells the man who sees both the good and the evil. For, one can comprehend both, they can comprehend the right path. Why does a man follow vain passions? Why does Ovid speak to our heart as a sinner, and Virgil speak to our heart as a redeemed man? The Greeks were wise, and worshiped the flesh of man, making both the noble and ignoble into their gods and goddesses. Yet, we, proceed to worship a greater Truth, the Spirit of God, the Word of God, and the Father Almighty. For, by mingling our knowledge, we are reminded of the sacred mysteries of the Faith, that the One God of all Creation, became Man, and died, and raised. And this is fundamental, for no man can know without having tasted of that supper. Even if only the crumbs of the lovefeast. Meditation 30 Herodotus and Plutarch speak wisely, speaking of the miraculous signs and wonders of the world; hidden truths, which to this day remain a mystery. Occult practices are vain. Occult mysteries are unimportant. Though they darken the moon, and darken the sun, it is only the Wrath of God which answers them, and brings upon them hasty rebuke, and storm and tempest. We, we worship health and the prospering of the Soul. We who are mingled with the divine mysteries of Creation. The Son, the Father, the Spirit, Amen, are the fullness of God's Wisdom, Judgment and Life. They are not symbols, but alive. For, the historians, though trying to hide the truth, cannot. The right way is made manifest in what has nakedly been scribed within history. And where God has acted, there has been great distress, but also for the receiver of this message, mercy. Meditation 31 The great sages of the past, have aligned themselves with virtue. It is not simply to align oneself with a hatred for violence, but also a hatred for self. And also a hatred of calumny and a hatred of vain passions. For, what is love ebbs and flows from the Spirit of Grace. Even the most vain, and vile theologian has some understanding of what love is. Yet, in their perversion, they distort the truth, and open it to all vile manner of fleshly desire. This is not what love is, and is not the truth. And the iniquity of his own words were forewarnings of the Prophets before him, that such, being proclaimed as good now, was the very logical conclusion of such wickedness, and must need be abated by godly men, so as to forewarn about worldly sorrow. Meditation 32 It was the idol Sin that caused Babylon to fall to Cyrus the Great. Meditation 33 Zoroastrianism might have similar laws and customs to the Bible---as does the Hammurabi Code and Lipit-Ishtar. So does Ptahhotep and Confucius and Mozi speak of wisdom in the Bible. So does the philosopher like Montaigne speak, and Emerson, and even the writers such as Bradbury, Kant and Freud speak wisdom which perhaps the Bible does not contain. We draw from the wise their words, and then see what they have spoken. Whether it aligns with the truths of scripture. And more often than not, the deeper truths become revealed. "A time for war, a time for peace. A time to kill, a time to heal. A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted." For, if evil wins, and malice, and lust, and greed, and envy, and covetousness, then so does the world suffer eternally. That is why we must believe in a force greater than man---for man is jaded in his wickedness, or naive in his innocence. Meditation 34 God's judgment is necessary to give validity to life's sufferings. Without which, we suffer for vain lives, and all crime and maleficence is allowed. And if allowed, so does the Earth become like hell. And what then? Does not the Swordsman have to come and slay the hordes at Miggedo? In order to preserve hope, God must exist. And since the LORD be necessary in this way, we must believe Him all the more, and wait patiently for His coming. Meditation 35 There is a darkness growing in the world. It comes in two ways. Simplicity of belief, and desire to do sin. With simplicity of belief, we will not understand the words of another man. Thus, we become isolated, and jaded, and have no thought whatsoever toward what another man had said. And even a wise man might confuse a foolish man with his wisdom; and it leads to backsliding--- All the more, that is why we must sometimes remain silent. Yet, with desire to do sin, for the Theologians now praise sin, I listen to them, and I think, "What hellish gospel is this? To deride the Gospel, and its message of hope, in place of a desire for evil and wickedness of heart?” Meditation 36 Faith, hope, love, the greatest is love. Yet, faith and hope are necessary components of the truth. Many Christians, myself included, have walked through life elevating love, and misappropriating that verse of Paul's. Yet, we abandon Hope and Faith! Yet, we require hope and faith. When James said, "Let that man ask wisdom, and he shall receive in abundance." Must we not also ask for Hope, Love and Faith? Exceedingly, the Prince of Tyre is wiser than Daniel. He believes himself to be a god among men. He has taken the doctrine of Theosis, and has made himself god, through means of the occult practices. For, this is the fire they see, is the light of their own lamps. And how foolish it is, that they walk in darkness. Yet, we must also ask for hope, faith and love, and also all the fruit of the spirit. And righteousness. And, even be so bold as to ask for blessing upon the Earth, for some men hope in this life, too. Meditation 37 If one takes a piece of string, and places upon it two circles, one finds that when the string is made into a circle, lo, one can fit four. Yet, the wisest among us, the most intelligent, will not know this, without first being told. Why is this? This is a matter of Logos. For there is what is true, and there is what is apparent. One can, as a matter of principle, think of the concept poetically. For there is actually more space around the circle in its two dimensions, rather than the line in its one. So, also, a simple concept is not always correct. For, we might be tempted through Ockham's Razor to expect the simplest solution to work, but it is not so in every case. In fact, it is not so in most cases. Things are whatever they are, and natured as the like. Meditation 38 The odds are fair, according to consistency. Work consistently, and the odds are that your work will be fruitful. Gain a talent, and work consistently at your skill, you shall gain great talent, and master it. However, there are principles to every talent. There are principles to every degree. And there are principles that work, though are not right, and principles that do not work, though are very right. Remember that God Himself, dwelt as a Man on Earth, and was crucified. And remember, the Devil on Earth, dwelling as a Man will be heralded as a great hero and savior. Do not assume that fortune makes a thing true. But, time will seek out all the folly and wisdom of a man. Meditation 39 There is a man who is exceedingly wise, but does not get remembered. He may be exceedingly skilled, and wise, and fortunate, and blessed. But, he is forgotten. There is also a fool who is exceedingly foolish, who is remembered for all eternity for his foolishness. Even so, better is to be the wise, than the fool. Meditation 40 These sayings are true, yet the unprincipled will say of them, "He spoke nothing." Or, they do not listen, and they receive not the wisdom I have anelled into so many hearts. Even so, what I speak may not be wise, because the man who perceives my words, gains something entirely unheeded from them. He may proclaim that I had spoken folly, and repeat his folly, as if it is my own. This is a truth, even so about the Bible. Many men, though it being the Word of God, had gotten fallacious and barbarous ideas from it. That does not sway the intention nor sense of what is being said, and a true hearkener can divine the knowledge. Meditation 41 As one final meditation on Logos, to complete my saying: The fool seeks out the literal application of a word. They see the contradiction, and they see the literal meaning. Yet, even so, in the most calculated logic, there can be contradictions of thought, where both must be true. In such contradictions, the highest logic embraces the antinomy, and does not reject either. Rather, they accept the one in one circumstance, and the other in another. Meditation 42 The highest good, is to speak the truth in your heart, and with all people. Therefore, a true religion would not allow you to lie, in order to save yourself. Meditation 43 The heart of a man is deceitful, even the one beating beneath this chest. It does not know its own ways. It does not know its own follies. It pries into the folly of the fool it perceives, but it no more knows its own sloth, or vanity, or pride than it does the rotations of the heavens. Though, it aligns itself to know what it can, and it sees the planets where they are, and knows it is in season. So also, the wise man sees himself reflected in the countenance of others, and perceives in them not their own soul, but his. Thus, he knows his own time, and his own seasons, and better reflects the nature of peace. This is even too high of wisdom for me. Meditation 44 The moon moves like a clock, and the planets like a calendar, and the wise do not soothsay by it, but rather keep in season. Meditation 45 The wisest man is not the one who is quick to argue. For, I saw a wise man debate a fool. And in that debate, I saw the wise man and the foolish man's eyes narrow at one another. I saw all fully convinced of themselves, and no reflection. I spoke my peace, but then kept my silence. Meditation 46 The hearer in a debate does more convincing, than the most skilled tongue and orator. For, winning the man in front of you, is not the same as winning the audience. The audience is won by humiliating the oponent. But, the man in front of you, he is won by your own humility to listen to what he says, and to not be offended. Meditation 47 The hard thing is that there is a season to kill entire nations. There is also a season to put to hard labor. Meditation 48 At the end of wisdom, you realize war is fought because men love peace. It is not Orwellian, for War is not Peace. War is the exact opposite of peace. But, rather, when peace no longer can be enjoyed, for the corrupt, and the wicked are at foot, lurking in every corner, violating every joyful thought, corrupting sound minds with weaselly sayings and strange, base things... there is a time to kill. There is a time to let go of peace. I do not say this is that time, though it might very well be approaching one. It is also imperative to know that Orwell was not a pacifist. For Big Brother offers a kind of peace, one which is hellish to live in. Meditation 49 If one law were amended in the Bible, and that be the one pertaining to Homosexuality, I assume still, there'd be surplus amounts of suffering, so it could never be. For, it would increase loneliness exponentially, by taking from one man his mate, and replacing her with another. Meditation 50 David Hume and Bertrand Russell presented good arguments for their time. But, we are seeing the fulfillment of those arguments, are resulting in more suffering, not less. For Hume's sake, the Status Quo does not make a thing right. For Bertrand Russell, there are too many wicked men for there not to be a hell. In his age, almost all men were righteous, so he does not know the depths of suffering that I have. Meditation 51 The principles of the Founding Fathers and Mencius, are one in the same. A government meant to protect the rights of the workers to profit from their work. And a right of the people to have just government provide for them, rather than provide for itself. This is also the beneficial aspect of the Law in Judaism. It was built specifically for this in mind. Even the harder aspects, such as women concubines. For, the Law of Judaism was meant to provide a man with a wife, and a family, and make sure no man was lonely. It was meant to give the worker his due, and the family its own autonomy. This is why communism doesn't suit the Logos, nor does Nihilism. There are laws inherent within government and the way governments are ordered, which are obvious to those reading the principles. Namely, though, the scholars have the duty to keep things in their proper alignment, as if they cannot, there is no justice. Meditation 52 & 53 52 Mozi's Universal Love and Confucius' Filial Hierarchy are not two mutually exclusive concepts. Rather, you find as is true with most trifling philosophies, the philosophers have good ideas, but also mingle into it bad ideas. Which, then, results in war. For Mozi, it was his hatred of Music, and burying the dead. For Confucius it was his elaborate funerals, and some other eccentricities. 53 However, the Scripture brings into light a true way of government that is proven to work. It cultured science, it cultured reason, it even cultured a Law which was irrefutable. For, in days of war, the soldier knows the Torah is upon his heart. He slaughters women and children. So also, the prisoner knows he'd be better working, than being abused by his fellow inmates.