difficult to move forward

Philip 2022-12-20 00:38:51

How similar the religious riots of 1500 years ago were to the Cultural Revolution decades ago: you can't live unless you follow my beliefs!
Philosophy, religion, mathematics, war, politics, astronomy, love, wisdom and ignorance of violent conflict, these elements coexist so harmoniously and beautifully in one film. The perfect combination of realism and freehand.
Lighthouses, conic sections, early city-states... These images are also very suitable for my interests (the conic section is written in the undergraduate thesis). Those
who are interested can map the characters in the film to the characters of the Cultural Revolution one by one. It can be seen that thousands of years of human beings Development, the essential things have not changed much, and it is difficult to say that such crazy and absurd events will not happen again in the future.

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  • Hypatia: Ever since Plato, all of them - Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Ptolemy - they have all, all, all tried to reconcile their observations with circular orbits. But what if another shape is hiding in the heavens?

    Davus: Another shape? Lady, there is no shape more pure than the circle; you taught us that.

    Hypatia: I know, I know, but suppose - just suppose! - the purity of the circle has blinded us from seeing anything beyond it! I must begin all over with new eyes. I must rethink everything!... What if we dared to look at the world just as it is. Let us shed for a moment every preconceived idea - what shape would it show us?

  • Davus: I was forgiven but now I can't forgive.

    Ammonius: Forgive? Who the Jews?

    Davus: Well Jesus pardoned them on the cross.