Istnieją cztery typy uczniów w połowie: szybko rozumiejący i szybko zapominający —jego zysk jest zanegowany przez jego stratę. [Bo skoro zapomniał, czego się nauczył, po co mu szybkie zrozumienie?—dlatego jego strata jest większa niż jego zysk.]; zrozumienie z trudnością i zapominanie z trudnością—jego strata jest zanegowana przez jego zysk, [ponieważ to, co rozumie pomimo trudności, pozostaje z nim. Praktyczne zastosowanie. Jeśli przed nami jest dwóch uczniów i możemy udzielić lekcji tylko jednemu, zapominający z trudnością ma pierwszeństwo przed tym, co szybko zrozumie.]; szybkie do zrozumienia i trudne do zapominania—mądry (uczeń) ;. Zrozumienie z trudem i szybkie zapomnienie—to jest „zła część”. [Nie można tu powiedzieć „chasydzki” lub niegodziwca, gdyż nie zależy to od wolnego wyboru człowieka, ale jest czymś, z czym się on rodzi].
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Quick to understand and quick to forget -- his gain is canceled by his loss: As since he forgets what he learns, what benefit is there in that which he is quick to understand? It comes out that his loss is greater than his gain.
Observe how he did not call the one that is quick [and] has a good memory a pious one, because this is an intellectual virtue. And [so] he called him a wise man. And he did not call the one who has difficulty understanding matters and forgets much, evil - as it is not in his hand (control). And these are not virtues which are possible to acquire - as we explained in the second chapter (Eight Chapters 2:2).
THIS IS A BAD PORTION. Rav: the mishna could not call these “pious” and “wicked” because these things are not up to a person to choose. Although it is possible to remember one’s learning with Heavenly assistance when one’s fear of Heaven precedes his wisdom, as I wrote on the mishna in 3:9, one who has not reached this level cannot be called “wicked”, since a natural flaw has brought him to this state.227Of having difficulty learning and easily forgetting. Although it is optimal to for one’s fear of Heaven to precedes his wisdom, not reaching this level does not make him wicked. And he is not called wicked for failing to change his abilities, for this is his natural state.