Anti-Reason
Published in
Dec 11, 2021
Excerpt from “Why Knot?” Buy the book at Amazon
In the opening sentence of the Gospel of John, the standard English translation reads “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”
In that oft-quoted passage, Word is from the Greek Logos, which can also be interpreted as logic or thought or reason. And with is from the Greek pros. In classical Greek, pros plus the accusative means against.
Hence, I am intrigued by this other possible translation: “In the beginning was Reason and Reason was against God and Reason was God.” In other words, Reason by its very nature is opposed to God but, in fact, is God.
