Makkonen argues that the rationale of the rights concerned should always be taken as a point of departure, rather than an attempt at a priori 'definitioneering'.

One part of the science of God is dominable by reason, is capable of being rationally cognised : this is the natural science of God, metaphysics.

From these parturitions gods may really proceed—beings, that is, who, could we remain long enough to see them, would regard us as we regard the apes. Meanwhile, on those toppest floors, the eager sun, aslant, shuttles the mounting roar.

Two other studies of the Maharal take Ben Sasson's position. The first is Aharon Kleinberger's extensive comparison of the Maharal’s pedagogic views with those of the Bohemian reformer J. A. Comenius.