IT HAPPENED TOMORROW – The Balance

By Guido Vitale

The question is how do we balance a plurality of ideas with a hierarchy of ideas. Through pluralism we make way for new ideas and prevent toxic orthodoxies. Through hierarchies we accept that our ideas are best served by context and that this context can often be found in the wisdom of the past. This is not a new question. The Jewish intellectual tradition has long wrestled with this tension between a plurality and hierarchy of ideas. (Elissa Strauss)