Comments on: To the small as small http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/21/to-the-small-as-small/ Challenges all legitimate contenders! Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: J. Puma http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/21/to-the-small-as-small/comment-page-1/#comment-4815 J. Puma Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:13:28 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/21/to-the-small-as-small/#comment-4815 man i'm glad you're getting into philip! philip, thomas, the gospel of truth and the secret book of john are like the four most amazing of the texts, imho. i'd be interested to see your thoughys on all of the above. i've come to the conclusion that philip acts as a sort of mnemonic semiotic 'glossary' of gnosticism. each saying seems to be providing a sort of definition for a gnostic concept. that's why it's so bigf on words and their meanings; philip is basically saying, 'okay, here are the words with which you're familiar, and here's what they mean and why they're important.' man i’m glad you’re getting into philip! philip, thomas, the gospel of truth and the secret book of john are like the four most amazing of the texts, imho. i’d be interested to see your thoughys on all of the above.

i’ve come to the conclusion that philip acts as a sort of mnemonic semiotic ‘glossary’ of gnosticism. each saying seems to be providing a sort of definition for a gnostic concept. that’s why it’s so bigf on words and their meanings; philip is basically saying, ‘okay, here are the words with which you’re familiar, and here’s what they mean and why they’re important.’

]]> By: James Russell http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/21/to-the-small-as-small/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 James Russell Sun, 21 Aug 2005 07:48:20 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/08/21/to-the-small-as-small/#comment-4793 That sounds a little like what Alejandro Jodorowsky said about <i>El Topo</i>: "If you are small, my film is small. If you are great, my film is great." That sounds a little like what Alejandro Jodorowsky said about El Topo: “If you are small, my film is small. If you are great, my film is great.”

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