The Book of the Law is Written and Concealed.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The Book of the Law is both written and hidden.
- In plain terms
- The law book is recorded yet concealed.
- What can you take from it?
- Important truths may be both explicit and hidden.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does it mean for a text to be both written and concealed?
- How do we uncover hidden knowledge?
Another view
The claim can be seen as paradoxical.
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