ulisse (di dante)

fiamma, bruciato, divorato

la fiamma lo nasconde. isolamento

il filosofo nella botte

solitudine

feeling different

meditazione

depth

purificazione, combustio, ascesa

i santi sulla scala

cadere, fallire

miltonic satan

il motto dei massoni, le tre colonne

divinita', santita'

continua inestinguibile tensione

degno figlio dell'invidia di giotto

eternal torment

self-punishment

not living life

non-reality of life, dreamlike

stanchezza, tanta stanchezza

difficulty to focus

virtute =(et)= canoscenza

retorica, promessa non mantenuta

responsibility of the lives of others

rethoric in science

ethical system

robust enough?

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Tennison

rethorician

leader

political, social, mundane committment

diomede

un piede nel medioevo, uno nel rinascimento

renaissance

la fine di ulisse era un mistero nel medioevo

original myth?

the polytropic intelligence of classic
antiquity

polytropic = pertaining many types

a function with different values for one variable

philosopher

endless search, endless travels, with uncertain goals

hybris

self-degradation

self-forgetfulness

asking too much to one's self

going beyond boundaries of knowledge

knowledge = transgression

seeing reality as temporary in the economy of the centuries, dreamlike

what will be remembered? what will have impact? what is really important?

altruism, selflessness

non plus ultra

colonne d'ercole

ercole

west

death

in reality, just one pillar exists, in the european side

according to diodoro siculo, Hercules *narrowed* the already existing strait to prevent monsters from the Atlantic Ocean from entering the Mediterranean

monsters outside, forbidden zone, the death of ulysses

paradise outside, far away

il varco e' qui?

this writing on the colonne is of renaissance origin

plus ultra, coat of arms of spain, carlo 5. pillars as entrance to new world, discovery of americas. ignoring ancient warning

spanish dollar = 2 pillars with a ribbon

american dollar