A Sermon for Sartre
A sequel to
Les Mots:
Les Nombres
“Words and numbers
are of equal value,
for, in the
cloak of knowledge,
one is warp
and the other woof.”
— The princesses
Rhyme and Reason
in The Phantom Tollbooth,
by Norton Juster, 1961
| Lotteries 9/11/06 |
Midday |
Evening |
| NY | 394 | 628 |
| PA | 527 | 916 |
“Time and chance
happeneth to them all.”
— Ecclesiastes 9:11
The numbers may be regarded
as coordinates in a map
of one spatial dimension
(a road dimension:
394 – Chautauqua, NY)
and of three
temporal dimensions
(birthday dimension 6/28,
Sartre dimension 5/27,
religious dimension 9/16).
This interpretation is of course
rather arbitrary, but so are most
interpretations.
Related material:
Sontag and Sartre this morning
and Sontag on Sunday.
Update of 1:29 AM 9/12:
“HASS-D”– Click here.