Abomination

An abomination is something worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen. Quotes Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. The Bible, Book of Proverbs 12:22, King James Version. The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it. Jorge Luis Borges, in "Hakim, the Masked Dyer of Merv", in A Universal History of Iniquity (1935); tr. Andrew Hurley, Collected Fictions (1998); Cf. Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1940). One of the heresiarchs of Uqbar had stated that mirrors and copulation are abominable, since they both multiply the numbers of man. Jorge Luis Borges, in Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius (1940). Variant translation: For one of those gnostics, the visible universe was an illusion or, more precisely, a sophism. Mirrors and fatherhood are abominable because they multiply it and extend it. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves. Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), Chapter 1 It is an abomination to my king. Debate between Silver and Copper (middle to late 3rd millennium BCE). Compare not thyself with others, but with Me. If thou dost not find Me in those with whom thou comparest thyself, thou comparest thyself to one who is abominable. Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1669) § 555. The wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit... When riches are gained, follow desire, for riches will not profit if one is sluggish. Ptahhotep, The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BCE), Maxim no. 11. Coveting and spying are abominations to Ninurta. Sumerian proverb, Collection III at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature, 3rd millennium BCE. External links abomination Abomination (Bible) Category:Themes