One knows what symbolism is, if one knows
man in his manifest depth, always knowing that he was
placed on earth by God whose function, as Pico della
Mirandola reminds us, will be to meditate, admire and
love the greatness of God's creation. But God did not
find a model to do it. He therefore addresses the first
specimen of his creature, and says: "I have not given a
form, nor a specific function, to you, Adam. For this
reason, you will have the form and function you want.
"The nature of the other creatures I have given
according to my desire. But you will have no limits.
You will define your own limitations according to your
free will."
PICUS MIRANDOLA
Men would have to understand what it means
not only to be present in the here and now, but without
this understanding, knowing that man is the central
image of reality and the center of God's creation, they
would not be able to understand themselves, the
symbol center of the earthly state. The author's
intention is to allow the reader to visualize and dwell
on the basic aspects of the symbolic archetypes and
Hermeneutics and Exegesis
their relationship with divinity, the structures of the
heavens and time as a determining factor. For
Augustine of Hippo, the nature of God is dual and
dialectical because man was made by God for his own
joy and placed there as a central image with nature at
his service. what is Symbolism?, the Qur'an reminds
us.
Qur'an, XVII: 44
The seven heavens and the earth,
And everything that is in them they glorify, and there is
nothing that they do not glorify with praise;
But you do not understand his glorification.
