Additionally, a 2016 paper published inLanguage Sciencesargues that frequent swearing may actually be a sign of greater eloquence and intelligence. This disproves an older hypothesis called the “poverty-of-vocabulary,” which says you only curse when you don’t know what to say. What this paper...
It unifies the body (guf ), the vital soul (nefech) and the intelligence (sekhel).6 But the source of this intimate unification remains in the shadows. It is not directly perceived, and it does not resemble the images that Adam and his descendants will often want to give of themselves...
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