07-13-2008, 08:35 PM
Peregrinando quaerimus. It means we are investigating things while we are wandering, or, a bit more freely, that we are like knights-errant searching for truth. I like it because it also implies that our answers are just temporary - today's certainties will be errors once we progress on our voyage.
It used to be the motto of one of the great Jewish sages, Menasseh ben Israel; for a Jew, the "wandering" is of course the Diaspora, but for me personally it has a second meaning, because I feel a bit lost now that I am no longer working for a university. [size=75:2u16f74k][Note to moderator: where is the "being full of self-pity" emoticon?][/size]
It used to be the motto of one of the great Jewish sages, Menasseh ben Israel; for a Jew, the "wandering" is of course the Diaspora, but for me personally it has a second meaning, because I feel a bit lost now that I am no longer working for a university. [size=75:2u16f74k][Note to moderator: where is the "being full of self-pity" emoticon?][/size]
