Thursday, November 14, 2019

commentaries - Akrasia and the Yetzer Harah


I asked many questions about the Yetzarim before trying to figure out the concept, the meaning and the way it works looking at myself and different cognitive studies.


Recently I found a concept called Akrasia (comming from Greek philosophers such as Socrates and Aristotle) which came quite close to certain of my own thoughts. Is the concept of Akrasia comparable to the Jewish view of the Yetzer Hara?




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