Janus Face of Ideas
Janus Face of Ideas In ancient Roman myth and religion, Janus was the god of physical and emotional gateways. He is the god of the past and the future, looking fore and aft, as Homer says. He is…
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Janus Face of Ideas
In ancient Roman myth and religion, Janus was the god of physical and emotional gateways. He is the god of the past and the future, looking fore and aft, as Homer says. He is traditionally shown as having two faces pointing in opposite directions, representing different perspectives, or perhaps a reconciliation of two points of view.
The Janus figure is a fitting symbol for this book, which concerns conflict and agreement between pairs of ideas. He is the god of transitions, doorways, beginnings and endings, passageways, options, change, entrances and exits. Janus, of course, is everyone - all of us -- as we struggle to reach decisions on the choices that punctuate our lives.
We are unsure which is the real face of the Janus figure, or whether there is a right direction to point, although compasses are oriented toward true north. Janus is two-faced, not from hypocrisy or insincerity,