English of Core Text: It was taught: Rabbi Akiva says: “And you shall love your fellow as yourself” is a great principle in the Torah. Ben Azzai says: “This is the book of the generations of Adam” is a greater principle than that.
On the daf / in context: Ben Azzai elevates the recognition of a common human origin (the book of Adam’s generations) above even the love-of-neighbor command as the more fundamental principle.
Type of Learning: Custom (great principle of the Torah)What Is Learned: “This is the book of the generations of Adam” is regarded by Ben Azzai as a principle even greater than “love your fellow as yourself.”