The Origins of Speaking in Code

“ If I had my possessions [khrēmata], Simonides, I would not be distressed as I am now at being together with the noble [agathoi]. But now they [i.e., my possessions] have passed me by, even though I was aware, and I am speechless because of my lack of possessions, though I would be better aware than many, [aware] that we are now being carried along, with white sails lowered, beyond the seas of Melos, through the dark night, and they refuse to bail, and the sea washes over both sides of the ship.

It is a difficult thing for anyone to be saved, such things they are doing. They have deposed the pilot [kubernētēs], the noble [esthlos] one, who was standing guard with expertise. They seize possessions [khrēmata] by force [biē], and order [kosmos] has been destroyed. There is no longer an equitable division [of possessions], in the common interest, but the carriers of merchandise rule, and the base [kakoi] are on top of the noble [agathoi]. I am afraid that perhaps a wave will swallow the ship. Let these things be allusive utterances [= ainigmata] hidden by me for the noble [agathoi]. One could be aware of even [future] misfortune, if one is skilled [sophos]. ”

- Theognis of Megara (667–682)

Finding Strength

And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the, mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness. Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.

--Joseph Glanvill

The Peril in ALL Absolutes

Fortune favours the brave... and the meek will inherit the Earth

Two+ Birds on a Wire

Not all metals and metallic alloys possess the physical properties necessary to make useful wire. The metals must in the first place be ductile and strong in tension, the quality on which the utility of wire principally depends. The metals suitable for wire, possessing almost equal ductility, are platinum, silver, iron, copper, aluminium and gold; and it is only from these and certain of their alloys with other metals, principally brass and bronze, that wire is prepared.

The Odd and the Even in Dialectic

Do you use an even or an odd "frame of reference" when you shape your dialectic?


One:Many :: Many (Two (or possibly Zero/Nothing?):All

1:2+:: 2+or0:Infinity

Physics:Metphysics


The magic of meaning transferrence through selective forgetting/misunderstanding!

Le Désert de Mon Coeur

“ Perses, you must have on your mind all things that are in season , especially with regard to sea-voyaging.”

- Hesiod, "Works and Days" (641–642)

Reminiscence