From Wikipedia: Anagoge (ἀναγωγή), sometimes spelled anagogy, is a Greek word suggesting a climb or ascent upwards. The anagogical is a method of mystical or spiritual interpretation of statements or events, especially scriptural exegesis, that detects allusions to the afterlife.[1] Certain medieval theologians describe four methods of interpreting the scriptures: literal/historical, tropological/moral, allegorical/typological, and anagogical. The four methods of interpretation point in four different directions: The literal/historicalContinue reading “Anagoge”
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Hysteresis
The best way to explain this is the meme that came about from Kamala Harris asking if ‘(you) think you just fell out of a coconut tree?’. Hysteresis, broadly speaking, is the phenomenon of a state identity having a dependency on its past states. Examples of this include magnetic fields, elastic bands, and marital satisfaction.
Dark Side of The Moon
First of all, a great album. And more than being a figure of speech, the actual phenomenon of the moon’s dark side is pretty interesting. The moon is tidally locked — it’s orbital period (how long it takes for one thing to orbit another thing) matches its rotational period (the rate at which the moonContinue reading “Dark Side of The Moon”