"Original Sin 2" A study of humankind's innate desire for knowledge paired with the Bible's teachings about man's fall from grace. Quotes - All men by nature desire to know. ­ Aristotle Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. ­ Sophocles We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire, the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing. ­ Maria Mitchell Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly, man got to sit and wonder "why, why, why". Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land, man got to tell himself he understand. ­ Kurt Vonnegut JR. It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. ­ Voltaire I had to set limits to knowledge in order to make a place for faith. ­ Immanuel Kant Belief is not the beginning of knowledge ­ It is the end. ­ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Every great advance in knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ­ Thomas Huxley The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. ­ Eden Phillpots Paraphrased verses from Geneses with a hidden message in red, (on the work of art the hidden message is in larger font). AND THE LORD GOD TOOK THE MAN AND PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. AND HE TOOK OF THE MAN'S FLESH TO CREATE THE WOMAN. THEY WERE BOTH NAKED, THE MAN AND HIS WIFE, AND WERE NOT ASHAMED. THE LORD GOD COMANDED, "THOUGH SHALT NOT EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL ." NOW THE SERPENT WAS MORE SUBTLE THAN ANY BEAST OF THE FIELD THAT THE LORD GOD HAD MADE. AND THE SERPENT SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, YOUR EYES SHALL BE OPENED, AND YE SHAL BE AS GODS, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL. SO THEY ATE OF THE FRUIT OF KNOWLEGE.