the (not) certainty of Tao

Hieronymus Bosch
The Crowning with Thorns 
about 1485, oil on oak, National Gallery - London

In medieval iconography the four characters who surround Jesus symbolize the four human representations considered in the Middle Ages. In particular, the character in the bottom right, is still holding Jesus for the mantle and the ground freezes, represents the slavery of certainty in relation to the transcendental: "If I know, I already know"

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Trascrizione fonetica

from H. Maturana, F. Varela, "Tree of Knowledge", 1984