Socrates
mercredi 27 mai 2015
Chapter 9 Quote
"When a person starts on the discovery of the absolute by the light of reason only, and without any assistance of sense, and perserveres until by pure intelligence he arrives at the perception of the absolute good, he at last finds himself at the end of the intellectual world, as in the case of sight at the end of the visible..."
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What this quote is essentially saying, is that If ever someone uses logic, reason and intelligence to come to a true conclusion, they will only find stupid people telling them that they are wrong. This has happened many a countless times in history, and every time a new technology is proclaimed to be better than what everybody uses and likes. There was the time when Galileo discovered the Earth was round. A more recent one is with religion and its idea of creationism versus science and the theory of evolution. Although I realise this may offend many, as we currently attend a catholic high school, this is my opinion and in my opinion, it is a perfect modern example of the quote’s meaning.
RépondreEffacerThis quote relates best to the ninth chapter when we take a good look at the situation surrounding the death of the best character in the novel, Simon.
The quote I found for this is as follows:
“Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill.
‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!’(…)
(The beast (Simon)) was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill” (page 168-169)
Simon, who in this case represents the person who uses logic and reasoning to discover the truth, found that the beast they had all been fearing was but a body attached to a parachute. However, the hunters and the rest of the group, who they in turn represent the end of the of the intellectual world, kill him, believing that he is the beast in the confusion of their savage dance.