Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik writes, "The fundamental principle of the halakhic outlook on time is practical and ethical in nature" (Soloveitchik 121). This refers to what the author has said about man having a choice between two perceptions of time, called evanescence and eternity, and man will then order his life accordingly. In this conception, the idea of morality is bound with the choice made as to which form of time will order one's life. Soloveitchik describes the kind of person "who seeks refuge in the shadow of a fragmented, shattered time" (Soloveitchik 121). This person is one who lives entirely in the present:
Such a man is subject to the general scientific law of causality--the cause rooted in the past determined the image of the future. His existence does not enjoy the blessings of liberty and free will. The yesterday creates both the now and the tomorrow, and all three deride and mock him (Soloveitchik 122).
Another sort of man "resides under the shadow of a complete and resplendent time" (Soloveitchik 122), and his soul is grounded in the early history of his people. He can look both behind, where he sees "a hylic matter that awaits the reception of its form from the creative future" (Soloveitchik 122). He can also look forward where he "confronts a creative, shaping force that can delineate the content of the past and mold the image of the 'before'" (Soloveitchik 122):
He views existence from the perspective of eternity and enjoys the splendo
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