| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Republic by Plato: fiction, and let the censors receive any tale of fiction which is good, and
reject the bad; and we will desire mothers and nurses to tell their
children the authorised ones only. Let them fashion the mind with such
tales, even more fondly than they mould the body with their hands; but most
of those which are now in use must be discarded.
Of what tales are you speaking? he said.
You may find a model of the lesser in the greater, I said; for they are
necessarily of the same type, and there is the same spirit in both of them.
Very likely, he replied; but I do not as yet know what you would term the
greater.
Those, I said, which are narrated by Homer and Hesiod, and the rest of the
The Republic |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Human Drift by Jack London: effects, coming to a limit in whichever direction it is carried,
the indestructible Motion thereupon necessitates a reverse
distribution. Apparently, the universally-co-existent forces of
attraction and repulsion, which, as we have seen, necessitate
rhythm in all minor changes throughout the Universe, also
necessitate rhythm in the totality of its changes--produce now an
immeasurable period during which the attractive forces
predominating, cause universal concentration, and then an
immeasurable period during which the repulsive forces
predominating, cause universal diffusion--alternate eras of
Evolution and Dissolution. AND THUS THERE IS SUGGESTED THE
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Proverbs 29: 4 The king by justice establisheth the land; but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.
Proverbs 29: 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
Proverbs 29: 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Proverbs 29: 7 The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.
Proverbs 29: 8 Scornful men set a city in a blaze; but wise men turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29: 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
Proverbs 29: 10 The men of blood hate him that is sincere; and as for the upright, they seek his life.
Proverbs 29: 11 A fool spendeth all his spirit; but a wise man stilleth it within him.
Proverbs 29: 12 If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, all his servants are wicked.
Proverbs 29: 13 The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the LORD giveth light to the eyes of them both.
Proverbs 29: 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
The Tanach |
