tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post7340153563274044819..comments2024-03-18T03:01:52.911-07:00Comments on The Bitten Apple: Dangerous KnowledgeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-30947387987163447302009-04-14T21:04:00.000-07:002009-04-14T21:04:00.000-07:00The Egyptian hieroglyph for "goddess" was a serpen...The Egyptian hieroglyph for "goddess" was a serpent. The symbols for the diety and the serpent were one and the same. The serpent and the goddess were not only identified mythologically but were joined as an integral part of the language as well.headwrapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07674076247147165743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-24955465937161768272009-04-10T23:47:00.000-07:002009-04-10T23:47:00.000-07:00I thought it was Venus who sprang full grown from ...I thought it was Venus who sprang full grown from Zeus's head. Clearly, I need to brush up on my mythology.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe women just sprang from his head on a regular basis? Like ideas.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-68765724261312387492009-04-10T22:43:00.000-07:002009-04-10T22:43:00.000-07:00Postscript, I don't think anyone can limit YOUR im...Postscript, I don't think anyone can limit YOUR imagination, Indie (or Suzy's clearly), but there is neurological research that shows early experiences do affect the developmental potential of that part of the brain. Keep TVs and toys that play themselves away from babies and toddlers is what the evidence says: tell them stories and let them explore.<BR/><BR/>How about Athena, ever-single goddess of the hunt, born straight out of Zeus' head?Katohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972672933781755839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-34792043228035776922009-04-10T22:34:00.000-07:002009-04-10T22:34:00.000-07:00Thanks for redeeming the Brother Grimm for me, Ind...Thanks for redeeming the Brother Grimm for me, Indie (though their collections remains grim). And your recent post about Easter in Sweden reminds me of Baba Yaga, one of my favorite powerful witch characters in folktales. Glad to see Silver Bee's additions to the list as well!<BR/><BR/>Before Suzy B.B., it was Einstein who said that imagination is more important than knowledge. But he didn't mean it in the sense that it's better to live in a fantasy world than to observe the real one. He warned that the problems of tomorrow will not be solved by the same kind of thinking that created them. Discovery and innovation require curious minds.<BR/><BR/> I'm sure Einstein would have loved to talk quantum physics with Suzy.Katohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972672933781755839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-50152644936243777672009-04-10T18:25:00.000-07:002009-04-10T18:25:00.000-07:00There's no arguing with that, Anonymous. Imaginati...There's no arguing with that, Anonymous. Imagination, yes, but with both feet on the ground. I agree.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-58984032022808027622009-04-10T15:37:00.000-07:002009-04-10T15:37:00.000-07:00Yet, there is an argument to be made for keeping o...Yet, there is an argument to be made for keeping our imaginations in check and, for example, looking both ways before we cross the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-32848847602416403522009-04-09T15:24:00.000-07:002009-04-09T15:24:00.000-07:00Hell YEAH, Suzy! You said it, sister. And no one c...Hell YEAH, Suzy! You said it, sister. And no one can limit your imagination.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-71417350656274899072009-04-09T14:37:00.000-07:002009-04-09T14:37:00.000-07:00Imagination is more important than knowledge. Know...Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.\https://www.blogger.com/profile/01423262259410754388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-79941812824922308302009-04-09T10:04:00.000-07:002009-04-09T10:04:00.000-07:00Hallelujah, Silver Bee.Hallelujah, Silver Bee.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-55914402614406225232009-04-09T04:01:00.000-07:002009-04-09T04:01:00.000-07:00Enjoyed your discussion of women and knowledge. Mi...Enjoyed your discussion of women and knowledge. Missed mention of Greek oracles (female), Sappho, and Plato vs. Francis Bacon on gender and knowledge.<BR/><BR/>Wise, knowing women are ever so much more fascinating than their opposites.Silver Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17362905684761718685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-61495356979688379802009-04-07T23:05:00.000-07:002009-04-07T23:05:00.000-07:001001 Nights is brimming with good stories! In defe...1001 Nights is brimming with good stories! <BR/><BR/>In defense of the Brothers Grimm, they did not make up those stories; they simply collected them, like Joseph Campbell without the analysis. They were both such excellent students of culture and language that Jacob Grimm was the first to notice similarities in languages (between Sanskrit and English) that led to the discovery of the proto-language Indo-European.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-48797567263992060772009-04-07T22:30:00.000-07:002009-04-07T22:30:00.000-07:00Ah! Then this is the perfect bedside book for you ...Ah! Then this is the perfect bedside book for you right now; all the stories are very brief, artfully so. It IS riding on the HP coat tails, so each one is followed by an "analysis" from the esteemed professor Dumbledore, but those annotations only allow Rowling to say more about her own critiques of literary culture.<BR/><BR/>My daughter studied the Greek myths in fourth grade, and we read them at home, too. We were struck with how often the female characters were punished for their romantic escapades as well as their curiosity or disobedience. The Grimm Brothers' classics get tough reviews here, too. We figure those boys must have had an evil stepmother themselves. The only women with power in those tales are witches and they're not benevolent ones.<BR/><BR/>The bedtime stories we're reading right now are a curious blend of mysogyny and heroine glory: Tales from 1001 Arabian Nights. The narrator is, of course, Sheherizad, whose clever imagination saves her own neck as well as that of countless other women-- by intriguing her heart-broken-thus-obesessively-bride-killing betrothed into keeping her alive to continue telling stories.... There are slave girls of mythic beauty, enchantresses, cruel wives but also quick-witted female geniuses. It really eclipses the whole helpless princess genre for action, magic and vivid characters.<BR/><BR/>The power of knowledge, and tales that caution against seeking it, seem quite universal and ancient. Understandably, since so much of our technology has meant additional burdens as well as convenience. I don't know if our western culture has a disproportionate emphasis on warning/blaming women specifically. That focus does strike me as originating from a fear of women being diverted from the "maternal-housekeeping" role: that might mean someone else would have to do dishes while moms discuss the meaning of life and the true nature of social stability....Katohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972672933781755839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-6366190266046837772009-04-07T13:12:00.000-07:002009-04-07T13:12:00.000-07:00Sounds intriguing. I had not even heard of it, but...Sounds intriguing. I had not even heard of it, but I was wondering what Rowling was going to do with herself now that she put the Potter series to bed. As usual, it will be awhile until I get to pleasure reading again, except in small doses.Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8997830130858417318.post-75446762957376815812009-04-06T21:32:00.000-07:002009-04-06T21:32:00.000-07:00"What is up with this cautionary attitude about wo..."What is up with this cautionary attitude about women and knowledge?"<BR/><BR/>You just had to ask, didn't you? <BR/><BR/>Don't give in to curiousity, don't investigate your suspicions, don't harbor longings... obey authority and do it meekly, silently, happily!<BR/><BR/>You'd enjoy J.K. Rowling's new book, "Tales of Beedle the Bard"; it's just the kind of new story book we earlier said had to be written.Katohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972672933781755839noreply@blogger.com