Word

The Word. Figuratively and Literally.

This photo reminds me of a story told by Plato that I came across: Thoth had invented writing and proudly offers it as a gift to the Pharaoh, declaring it "an elixir of memory and wisdom". But Pharaoh was horrified and told him: "This invention will induce forgetfulness in the souls of those who learned it, because they will not need to exercise their memories, being able to rely on what is written... rather than, from within, their own unaided powers to call things to mind. So it is not a remedy for memory, but for reminding, that you have discovered. And as for wisdom, you are equipping your pupils with only a semblance of it, not with truth."