La Nature est un temple ou de vivants piliers Laissent parfois sortir de confuses paroles; L'homme y passe a travers des forets de symboles Qui l'observent avec des regards familiers.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Nature is a temple where living pillars sometimes utter confused words; man passes through forests of symbols that observe him with familiar eyes.
- In plain terms
- Nature is a symbolic temple observing humanity.
- What can you take from it?
- Read nature as a source of meaning.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do symbols shape our view of nature?
- What does 'confused words' imply?
Another view
The language is abstract and may not translate to concrete insight.
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