Sefer Chasidim |(469) There is a type of mazik which is called dragon in Greek. If it is hit with a sword it is not harmed. However what is born from a dragon can be harmed. There was an entity that was born from a princess and a dragon....
“Everyone knows that dragons don’t exist. But while this simplistic formulation may satisfy the layman, it does not suffice for the scientific mind. The School of Higher Neantical Nillity is in fact wholly unconcerned with what does exist. Indeed, the banality of existence has been so amply demonstrated, there is no need for us to discuss it any further here. The brilliant Cerebron, attacking the problem analytically, discovered three distinct kinds of dragon: the mythical, the chimerical, and the purely hypothetical. They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each non-existed in an entirely different way.”
What is the dragon?
ReplyDeleteCrocodile?
Lizard?
Dinosaur?
You know that's the premise behind the first Shrek movie right, the princess held captive by the dragon?
ReplyDeleteI saw the first one, but don't remember the second
DeleteSince it's a Talmudic theme and only illustrations, it wasn't considered a dangerous movie to see
“Everyone knows that dragons don’t exist. But while this simplistic formulation may satisfy the layman, it does not suffice for the scientific mind. The School of Higher Neantical Nillity is in fact wholly unconcerned with what does exist. Indeed, the banality of existence has been so amply demonstrated, there is no need for us to discuss it any further here. The brilliant Cerebron, attacking the problem analytically, discovered three distinct kinds of dragon: the mythical, the chimerical, and the purely hypothetical. They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each non-existed in an entirely different way.”
ReplyDelete― Stanisław Lem, The Cyberiad