I Like to Move it

Am feeling rather philosphical after today's lecture on Chaucer's A Knight's Tale. If u are getting a headache or are in no mood to think beyond what TV show is nice tonight. STAY AWAY. I am not liable for any mental breakdown caused in this post. If you insist on reading on, then, dear reader, beware.

There is this talk about divine intervention and the "First Moevre [Mover]", who in the beginning, set in motion a chain of spheres - the planets which causes...well...causes things to happen. The planets thing has to do with astrology. Right. Venus, Mars, Saturn all represent different aspects of Lfe - Love, War and MisFortune/Chao. The idea of Fortune is even more clearly represented in the book as Fortuna, goddess of chance and the random; "aventure", as Chaucer calls it. Anyway, Thesues, one of the lead characters and the wisest of the lot, speaks of the 1st Mover as someone that watches or observes the gods, the humans from a distant, 3rd person sort of perspective. In other words, Love, War and Fortune are all controlled by a being beyond themselves - a being behind even the divine as represented by the pagan gods. Fortune figures largely in the the Tale and many of the significant events are really just chance meetings. What I suppose Theseus is trying to say is probably this: Fortunes may rise and fall, joy follows woe and woe follows joy - neither are eternal in the lives of Men, but follow on the heels of each other. Yet, we should not grieve when things do not go our way, nor should we trap ourselves because of unlucky circumstances but look forward - because our lives are in a way predestined by the 1st Mover so long ago when he created the universe. Hence, in seemingly random events do we discern order and control - for even Fortune is governed by a higher being.

Ouch...Finally got it all out of my system. Been thinking how to phrase my thoughts in a somewhat more logical manner...Yay! I am ready for Wednesday's presentation!!