Mishnah * VI.13.1. Three are uncontrollable – one's eyes, one's ears, and one's nose.
Mishnah VI.13.1. [] Three are uncontrollable
- They take in whatever is in the environment. This mishnah
describes an ordinary situation where one is not asserting control
by closing the eyes, and so. Also, the mishnah is not
addressing any special cases of people who are blind, deaf,
one's eyes - One sees whatever is in front of the
face. 'Seeing' is not 'looking' in the sense of deliberately
viewing, examining, interpreting, and evaluating what one sees.
Compare this idea with the first
part of Mishnah 8 in Chapter 6: "Abraham looked, and
he
one's ears - One hears sounds that reach the ears, including echos.
one's nose - One smells whatever is in the air that enters the nose. Some smells also reaches the nose through the back of the mouth.