Sérgio Rodrigues de Souza
Pedagogue. Philosopher. Post-Doctorate in Psychology. Scientific
Consultant. Email: srgrodriguesdesouza@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This essay addresses
the complex and dissonant theme of the meaning of the Garden of Eden and
Paradise, in an attempt to understand what each of them represents in the
semantic universe. In the passages of the Bible described in the book of
Genesis, the references are always in relation to a garden and even this expression
needs to be properly analyzed, because Eden was a very large region that, on
the eastern side, presented an exuberant natural beauty with springs that
formed four historic rivers and endowed with very valuable minerals. Therefore,
the measure of comparison between the southern and northern regions of Eden was
taken as a peaceful object of comparison and it was possible to arrive at the
idea that it was a paradisiacal condition, given the geological, geographical
position and climatological conditions. It was after the speeches of Jesus of
Nazareth in relation to children that the priests of the Middle Ages created
the false idea that childhood represents the most sublime spiritual purity and,
based on the work of Rousseau, in the 17th century, this ended up being
consolidating through common sense, becoming a dogma until Sigmund, in the 20th
century, casts aside the entire ideology of affective purity of children and
the metaphorical comparison of the Garden of Eden and childhood as being
representations of paradise begin to be peaceful objects of questioning.
Keywords: Garden of Eden; Childhood; Metaphors; Allegories.
Reviewed by Current Scientific Journal
on
maio 30, 2024
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