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Originally Posted by Ea
Beppe, I wonder how you get from there - to Pandora's box? Pandora accidentally let lose evils upon the world - do you really consider knowledge evil?
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Oh no. In my argument I do not compare good with evil, but a similar although completely different antagonism. Let me expand it. Everything new brings what was desired and unexpected and unavoidable effects. Countless examples. And the bigger and more "energetic" is the new, the bigger are the benefits that were sought and hopefully obtained and the bigger the new perils we are cast against.
We can do nothing about it. Can't stop progress.
Personally, I think that knowledge is the most valuable of all the things, second only to peace of the spirit. The two are somehow antagonist. Faust?
My reference to Pandora is to the inner meaning of the myth. A secret and well guarded knowledge is kept locked in the vase, when it is accessed all hell gets loose.