## [RT]The Mathematical Skies.

* Author: u/Traiden04 *
* URL: http://english.bouletcorp.com/2015/08/26/brassens-in-space/
* Score: 53

* Created: 2015-08-26T15:13:58

### Post:

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### Comments:

> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+11]  *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (13 minutes later)
> 
> That's a lot of scrolling.
> 
> 5 stars. Would scroll again.

>> **u/PeridexisErrant** [+3]  *put aside fear for courage, and death for life* (8 hours later)
>> 
>> Agreed, though there's actually a lot more than five stars.  ^^sorry

>>> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+4]  *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (8 hours later)
>>> 
>>> The beauty of a pun is in the "oy!" of the beholder.

> **u/eltegid** [+2]  (18 hours later)
> 
> A different perspective, less about gods and mistery, more about beauty
> http://zenpencils.com/comic/137-richard-feynman-the-beauty-of-a-flower/

> **u/gbear605** [+1]  *history’s greatest story* (a day later)
> 
> They say the sky is Terra Incognito. Terra means earth though. Can someone with latin knowledge help out here? Caelum Incognito?

>> **u/Bouletcorp** [+2]  (a day later)
>> 
>> I actually used "Caelum Incognito" in another project :)
>> Yes, Terra means Earth (we say "Terre" for "Earth", in french)
>> 
>> But in this context, I would have said it means "Land". The expression "Terra Incognita" is mostly used for "unexplored territory".
>> 
>> I already met the expression refering symbolically to knowledge, fields of research, and even refering to "a new love story" :)

>>> **u/E-o_o-3** [+1]  (6 days later)
>>> 
>>> Unexplored caelitory?

>> **u/Nevereatcars** [+1]  *The Greatest Is Behind* (2 days later)
>> 
>> The direct latin translation would be something like "unknown land". The phrase was used on maps in Ye Olden Times, to refer to the western continents beyond the oceans; because of the mystique North America held to the people of Europe in those days, the phrase itself became heavily romanticized. So the usage in the story isn't calling from a direct Latin translation; it's tapping into that romanticized connotation.

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