Every one knew how laborious the usual Method is of attaining to Arts and Sciences; whereas by his Contrivance, the most ignorant Person at a reasonable Charge, and with a little bodily Labour, may write Books in Philosophy, Poetry, Politicks, Law, Mathematicks and Theology, without the least Assistance from Genius or Study.

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Fanciful. Preposterous. Absurd.
Phaistos the cypher

Posted on Saturday 1 May 2004



Whoever with skill and wisdom expertly asks,
to him it will speak and teach him all manner of things joyful to the mind...
But if anyone should in ignorance question it at first with rudeness,
to him in vain it will chatter high-flown gibberish forever...

--- Hymn to Apollo

The 3600 year old Phaistos Disk from Crete is a continuing enigma. Its text remains untranslated, its message remains unheard.

Not due to a lack of willpower, certainly: a sampling of efforts to translate the Phaistos Disk.