““It captures the essence of a mystical Jewish concept: the struggle of the animalistic, amoral soul against the human, spiritual soul. In Kabbalah, this is highlighted as the ultimate test of humanity in “the battle between the Two Inclinations”: the yetzer ha-tov (the Good Inclination) versus the yetzer ha-ra (the Evil Inclination). Michelangelo wrote often about this struggle within himself (without using the formal Hebrew terminology) in his letters, and especially in his poetry. Even””
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