Thought For Today… (the Ultimate Question)
Timor dei initium sapiente……………………..
“In a letter of November 19, 1960, Jung explains the inscription:
By the way, you seek the enigmatic oracle Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit in vain in Delphi: it is cut in stone over the door of my house in Kusnacht near Zurich and otherwise found in Erasmus's collection of Adagia (XVIth cent.). [Jung had acquired a copy of the 1563 edition of Erasmus's Collectaneas adagiorum, a compilation of analects from classical authors, when he was 19 years old.] It says: yes, the god will be on the spot, but in what form and to what purpose? I have put the inscription there to remind my patients and myself: Timor dei initium sapiente ["The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."] Here another not less important road begins, not the approach to "Christianity" but to God himself and this seems to be the ultimate question.”
Brings you most of the photos in this post…. And, as always Have A Great Day……………..
Lovely post, Joe. Wonderful photos. Is that a cherry or a birch that you're pushing over? I don't even know if you have cherries where you live. It might be too cold for them.
ReplyDeleteLovely post, Joe. Wonderful photos. Is that a cherry or a birch that you're pushing over? I don't even know if you have cherries where you live. It might be too cold for them.
ReplyDeleteSnow the tree is a birch. Photo taken in Cape Breton area of Nova Scotia, Canada
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