Symbol 45:16

45:16 ·
In early Chinese writing this ideogram represented
yin and yang, i.e. the fundamental dualism of
reality. Compare with the more advanced form expressing the same
philosophical approach,
in Group 32.
In the West this sign has long been an ideogram for the number
10 (from the Latin
). It has also been used to
signify an hourglass and has, as a result, been used to mean
time, and to mean
hour. As a sign for
hour
is synonymous with
.
It is interesting to note that in early Chinese writing the number
10 was drawn
,
i.e. with the most important of all symbols for the Western
philosophy of life. Therefore we may state:
= 10
in the system
, whereas
= 10
in the system
.



