Destroyer and Overlook

Calista 2022-10-26 13:19:03

The passages in which Christians stormed the library were long, tragic, and epic. The statue of the god was toppled, the statue of the angel with broken wings fell and shattered, the book was burned, and the fanatical and excited believers were trying their best to destroy wisdom, but they thought they were acting for the god. The relief roof, like the eyes of God, stares deeply at his people.

The eyes of God, like this lens, are merciful and magnanimous, but do nothing. The camera is reversed, and all sound is annihilated. Bright colors also dimmed. Countless scrolls were thrown into a fiery furnace, and figures came and went, hurried and joyful. From beginning to end, God was silent, facing this upside-down world, even God had nothing to say. Only leave the world a sympathetic look. Reflect on religion from a cosmic perspective. That's the real genius of this film. The so-called female wise men's life is just a gimmick. Wisdom appears insignificant in the face of fanaticism. Knowledge is never actually power, especially in the face of savage crowds caught in an unconscious frenzy. They are sinning in the name of God and destroying God in the name of faith. Old idols are brought down in the name of new idols. Having said that, a sad irony emerges. Give the world a look down, see all beings like ants, and see the sky and the earth. In the end, deducting one star, this movie is good in everything, but inexplicably forwards the heliocentric by nearly two thousand years. Have you considered the feelings of Copernicus and Bruno?

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  • Heladius Dignitary: The majority of us here... have accepted Christ. Why not the rest of you? It's only a matter of time and you know it.

    Hypatia: Really? It is just a matter of time?... As far as I am aware, your God has not yet proved himself to be more just or more merciful than his predecessors. Is it really just a matter of time before I accept your faith?

    Heladius Dignitary: Why should this assembly accept the council of someone who admittedly believes in absolutely nothing?

    Hypatia: I believe in philosophy.

  • 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?