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The Owl of Athena
Due to their success as hunters and their nocturnal schedules, owls are often considered as symbols of wisdom.
In Greek mythology, an owl traditionally represents or accompanies Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom. Because of such association, the bird - often referred to as the "owl of Athena" - is used as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom, perspicacity and erudition throughout the Western world.
the 19th-century German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel famously noted that "the owl of Athena spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk"; philosophy comes to understand a historical condition just as it passes away. Philosophy appears only in the "maturity of reality", because it understands in hindsight.
"Philosophy, as the thought of the world, does not appear until reality has completed its formative process, and made itself ready. History thus corroborates the teaching of the conception that only in the maturity of reality does the ideal appear as counterpart to the real, apprehends the real world in its substance, and shapes it into an intellectual kingdom. When philosophy paints its grey in grey, one form of life has become old, and by means of grey it cannot be rejuvenated, but only known. The owl of Athena takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering."
(G.W.F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right (1820), "Preface")
Cosmo Sheldrake - Owl Song
Canned Heat - An Owl Song
youtu.be/JS62ttRJXxA?list=RDJS62ttRJXxA
The Owl of Athena
Due to their success as hunters and their nocturnal schedules, owls are often considered as symbols of wisdom.
In Greek mythology, an owl traditionally represents or accompanies Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom. Because of such association, the bird - often referred to as the "owl of Athena" - is used as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom, perspicacity and erudition throughout the Western world.
the 19th-century German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel famously noted that "the owl of Athena spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk"; philosophy comes to understand a historical condition just as it passes away. Philosophy appears only in the "maturity of reality", because it understands in hindsight.
"Philosophy, as the thought of the world, does not appear until reality has completed its formative process, and made itself ready. History thus corroborates the teaching of the conception that only in the maturity of reality does the ideal appear as counterpart to the real, apprehends the real world in its substance, and shapes it into an intellectual kingdom. When philosophy paints its grey in grey, one form of life has become old, and by means of grey it cannot be rejuvenated, but only known. The owl of Athena takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering."
(G.W.F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right (1820), "Preface")
Cosmo Sheldrake - Owl Song
Canned Heat - An Owl Song
youtu.be/JS62ttRJXxA?list=RDJS62ttRJXxA