Silence, an Eye of Knowledge

Autor/in	Aghamohammadi, Mehdi
Titel	Silence, an Eye of Knowledge
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 5 (2017) 2, S.20-28 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2202-9478
Schlagwörter	Literacy; Educational Philosophy; Mythology; Painting (Visual Arts); Islam; Religion; Knowledge Level + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Mythologie; Malerei; Wissensbasis
Abstract	One of the conspicuous features of the twentieth-century West was silence. This idea could be supported by examining reflections of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Fritz Mauthner, John Cage, Samuel Beckett, Ihab Hassan, Franz Kafka, Wassily Kandinsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Virginia Woolf, Wolfgang Iser, Jacques Derrida, and Pierre Macherey. To me, silence is not a mere theory, but rather a phenomenon from which we can get practical benefits. I believe silence is an eye, eye of knowledge. We can broaden our knowledge of the world through silence. To convey the idea that silence is an eye, I have concocted the word s[circle with dot in center]lence, where [circle with dot in center] has replaced the letter i and stands for the eye. This means knowledge can enable us to see, thereby acquiring knowledge of, what used to be invisible, and accordingly unknowable. In other words, through silence, we can achieve a certain type of literacy. I substantiate this claim by exploring the Horus myth, Ojo de Dios, John Cage's 4' 33," the nature of Expressionist paintings, Hinduism, thoughts of Hermes Trismegistus and Ibn al-Arabi, and practices of Mohammad, the prophet of Islam. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01