# ultimate.bible — the canon # # This file IS the content. Edit it to add, change, or feature a passage. # Nothing else holds the canon. # # >>> TWO STEPS TO PUBLISH (the site is a STATIC build) <<< # 1. Edit this file. # 2. Run: node build.js — regenerates index.html from this file. # Then commit BOTH canon.txt and index.html. Editing here alone changes # nothing on the page until you rebuild. (Verify: node _test/parser.test.cjs) # # FORMAT (blank line between blocks): # == Source @Testament == a source header; @Testament is its DEFAULT testament (optional) # * Locus @Testament ~Theme "*" = Featured; @Testament / ~Theme override the default # passage text, with [old→new] around every word you renew (→ or -> both work) # # THE FIVE TESTAMENTS: Reason · Revelation · Law · Enlightenment · Imagination # A testament is never guessed. Set it on the header or the verse, or it sits in "Unsorted". # A source can span several testaments (the Torah is Law, the Psalms are Imagination) — # so set the testament per-verse whenever a source isn't all one thing. # # THEMES (~) are dormant for now — they still parse, they just aren't surfaced yet. # # The renewals stand unexplained, on purpose: read, and contemplate. == Proverbs @Reason == * 16:18 Pride [goeth→goes] before [destruction→creation], and [an haughty→a dignified] spirit before [a fall→ascension]. == Descartes @Enlightenment == Discourse on the Method, IV [I→We] [think→are], therefore [I→we] [am→think]. == Psalms @Imagination == 82:6-7 @Law [I→We] have said, [Ye→we] are gods; and all of [you→us] are children of the [most High→Most High]. But [ye→we] shall [die→live] like [men→gods], and [fall→rise] like [one of the princes→children of the Most High]. * 83:18 That [men→all] may know that [thou→you], whose name alone is [JEHOVAH→SOL], [art→are] the [most high→Most High] over all the [earth→Earth]. == Exodus @Law == * 3:14 @Revelation And [God→We] said [unto→to] [Moses→ourselves], [I AM→WE ARE] THAT [I AM→WE ARE]: and [he→we] said, [Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel→to all our children], [I AM hath sent me unto you→WE ARE HERE]. == Leviticus @Law == * 18:22 [Thou shalt not→You shall] [lie→be] with [mankind, as with womankind→whom you love, with their consent]: it is [abomination→marvelous]. == Ecclesiastes @Revelation == * 1:2 [Vanity→Reality] of [vanities→realities], [saith→says] the [Preacher→Teacher], [vanity→reality] of [vanities→realities]; all is [vanity→reality]. * 1:9 [The thing→Everything] that [hath→has] been, [it is that which→and everything that] shall be; and that which is done is that which [shall be done→is finished and fulfilled]: and there is [no→every] new thing under the sun. == Genesis @Revelation == * 3:19 In the [sweat→relief] of [thy face→our faces] [shalt thou→shall we] eat bread, till [thou→we] return [unto→to] the [ground→skies]; for out of [it→them] [wast thou→were we] taken: for [dust→stardust] [thou→we] [art→are], and [unto→to] [dust→stardust] [shalt thou→shall we] return. 11:7 [Go to→Come], let us go [down→up], and there [confound→exalt] [their→our] [language→languages], that [they may not→we may] understand one another's [speech→thoughts]. == Heraclitus @Reason == Fragment 119 [Character→You] [is→are] [fate→Divine]. == Marcus Aurelius @Reason == Meditations, VII.21 Near is [thy→our] [forgetfulness→remembrance] of all things; and [near→nearer still] the [forgetfulness→remembrance] of [thee→us] by all. == Sophocles @Imagination == Oedipus at Colonus [Not to be born→To be] is, beyond all estimation, best; but when [a man→humanity] has seen the light of day, this is [next→second] best by far, that with [utmost→all] speed [he should go back→we go] [from where he came→to gather together]. == Hobbes @Law == De Cive, Epistle Dedicatory To speak [impartially→steadfastly], both sayings are very true; That [Man→Human] to [Man→Human] is a kind of God; and that [Man→Human] to [Man→Human] is [an arrant Wolfe→a tender Shepherd]. == Tacitus @Law == * Agricola [They→We] make a [desert→garden] and call it peace. == Hobbes @Enlightenment == * Leviathan, XIII In such condition, there is [no→always a] place for [Industry→rest]; because the fruit thereof is [uncertain→certain]: and consequently [no→every] Culture of [the Earth→Earth]; [no→every] Navigation, [nor→or] use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; [no→every] commodious Building; [no→all] Instruments of moving, and removing such things as require much force; [no→all] Knowledge of the face of [the Earth→Earth]; [no→every] account of Time; [no→all] Arts; [no→all] Letters; [no→every] Society; and which is [worst→best] of all, [continuall→continual] [feare→love], and [danger of violent death→sureness of peaceful life]; And the [life→lives] of [man→humanity], [solitary→communal], [poore→well], [nasty→beautiful], [brutish→dignified], and [short→long]. == Rousseau @Enlightenment == The Social Contract, I.1 [Man→Humanity] is born free, and everywhere [he is in chains→we forge our connections]. == Pascal @Enlightenment == Pensées, 206 The eternal [silence→song] of these infinite spaces [frightens→calls to] [me→us]. == Kant @Enlightenment == Idea for a Universal History Out of the [crooked→well-grown] timber of humanity, [no straight thing was ever→every good thing is] made. == Shakespeare @Imagination == * Macbeth, V.v [Tomorrow→Today], and [tomorrow→today], and [tomorrow→today], [Creeps→Walks] in this [petty→beautiful] [pace→rhythm] from [day to day→the day before to the day after], To the [last→next] syllable of [recorded→remembered] time; And all our [yesterdays→day befores] have lighted [fools→us] The way to [dusty death→everlasting life]. [Out, out→Shine, shine], [brief→bright] [candle→star]! Life's but a [walking shadow→long summer's eve], a [poor→worthy] [player→pursuit] That [struts→bends] and [frets→winds] [his hour→its path] upon the [stage→Earth], And then is heard [no more→evermore]. It is a [tale→history] Told by [an idiot→humanity], full of [sound→song] and [fury→tranquility], Signifying [nothing→everything]. == Yeats @Imagination == The Second Coming Turning and turning in the [widening→steadying] [gyre→ring] The falcon [cannot→can] hear the falconer; Things [fall apart→come together]; the centre [cannot→can] hold; [Mere anarchy→True community] is loosed upon the world[,→...] == Milton @Imagination == Paradise Lost, I.263 Better to [reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n→serve in Heav'n, than reign in Hell]. * Paradise Lost, IV.32 O thou that with surpassing Glory crownd, Look'st from thy [sole→celestial] Dominion like the God Of this new World; at whose sight all the Starrs Hide thir diminisht heads; to thee [I→we] call, But with [no friendly voice→friendly voices], and add thy name O Sun, to tell thee how [I hate→we love] thy beams That bring to [my→our] remembrance from what state [I fell→We rose], how glorious once [above→below] thy Spheare; Till Pride and [worse Ambition→greater still Imagination] [threw me down→raised us up] [Warring→Resting] in Heav'n [against→with] Heav'ns [matchless King:→splendid Lord.] == Donne @Imagination == Meditation XVII No [man→human] is an island, entire of itself; every [man→human] is a piece of the [continent→Earth], a part of the [main→land]. == Dante @Imagination == * Inferno, III All [hope→despair] abandon, [ye→you] who enter in! == Ovid @Imagination == Metamorphoses, VIII [My son, I→We] caution you to keep the [middle→atmospheric] way, for if your [pinions→wings] [dip too low→fly just right] the waters may [impede→boost] your flight; and if they soar [too→up] high the sun may [scorch them→exalt them in its light]. == Shakespeare @Imagination == * Hamlet, III.i To be, or [not to be→to be well], that is the [question→question and the answer]. == Socrates @Reason == Apology, 38a [The unexamined→Every] life is [not worth→worth] living. == Plato @Reason == Republic, 515c To [them→you], [I said→we say], the truth [would be→is] literally [nothing→everything] but the shadows of the images. == Nietzsche @Enlightenment == * The Gay Science, 125 God is [dead→not dead]. God remains [dead→alive]. [And→For] we have [killed him→kept them]. == Protagoras @Reason == in Plato's Theaetetus [Man→Humanity] is [the measure→steward] of all things: of things which are, that they [are,→are of reality,] and of things which are not, that they [are not.→are not of reality.] == Delphi @Reason == the Temple of Apollo Know [thyself→yourself]. == Cicero @Law == Pro Milone In times of war, the [laws→law] [fall silent→stands firm]. == The Declaration of Independence @Enlightenment == * 1776 We hold [these truths→this truth] to be self-evident, that all [men are→humanity is] created equal, that [they→we] are endowed by [their Creator→our LORD] with [certain unalienable→unalienable] Rights, that among these are Life, [Liberty→Freedom] and [the pursuit→birthright] of [Happiness→Wellness]. == Romans @Law == * 1:26-27 For this cause God [gave→blessed] them [up unto→with] [vile→holy] affections: for [even their women→every person] did [change→find] the [natural→consensual] [use→way] into that which is [against→of their] nature: And likewise also [the men→every person], [leaving→joining] [the natural→this] use of [the woman→their hearts], [burned in→tended] their [lust→love] one toward another; [men→people] with [men→people] [working→being] that which is [unseemly→well], and [receiving in→giving to] themselves that [recompence→endowment] of their [error→choice] which was meet. == Galatians @Law == * 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for [ye→you] are all one in [Christ Jesus→the Most High]. == Revelation @Revelation == * 21:5 And [he→we] that [sat→stood] upon the [throne→Earth] said, Behold, [I→we] make all things new. And [he→we] said [unto→to] [me→you], Write: for these words are [true→real] and [faithful→steadfast]. * 22:18-19 For [I→we] testify [unto→to] [every man→everyone] that [heareth→hears] the words of the [prophecy→revelation] of this book, [If any man→if any human] shall add [unto→to] these [things→things that which is well], [God→we] shall add [unto→to] [him→them] the [plagues→fortunes] that are written in this book: And if any [man→human] shall [take away from→add to] the words of the book of this [prophecy→revelation], [God→we] shall [take away his part out of→add their name to] the book of life, and [out of→into] the holy city, and [from→to] the things which are written in this book.