aether

«aether» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The bright, very thin air high up in the sky, above the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (aether; no plural in use; old use)

meaning for a pupil

The bright, very thin air high up in the sky, above the clouds, which in old myths only the gods could breathe. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah's study, the writer links aether with the idea of emptiness and zero, set beside the three elements and the letters. In the primary lessons: in myths and old stories, the pure upper air where the gods live, far above the clouds

examples

• From a Pythagorean point of view the fifth element "aether" like infinity is only another name for vacuum.* Therefore, aether also is logically identical with zero (Com. above p. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The gods breathed aether high above the clouds. tree →
• Long ago people thought the sky was filled with aether. tree →
• The bright aether shone above the mountains. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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