07-20-2010, 12:04 AM
Ninth,
On the Matrix...no doubt it does reference Gospel of Thomas. Thanks for that info. I read about the Buddhist reference here, so that's why perhaps Buddhism could also be a source...
"The Matrix makes numerous references to recent films and literature, and to historical myths and philosophy. These include[citation needed] Advaita, Judaism,[17] Messianism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, Christianity, Existentialism, Nihilism, and occult tarot.[18] The film's premise resembles Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Calderon de la Barca's Life is a Dream, Edwin Abbott Abbott's Flatland, René Descartes's evil genius, Georges Gurdjieff's The Sleeping Man[19], Kant's reflections on the Phenomenon versus the Ding an sich, and the brain in a vat thought experiment.[citation needed]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix
On the Matrix...no doubt it does reference Gospel of Thomas. Thanks for that info. I read about the Buddhist reference here, so that's why perhaps Buddhism could also be a source...
"The Matrix makes numerous references to recent films and literature, and to historical myths and philosophy. These include[citation needed] Advaita, Judaism,[17] Messianism, Buddhism, Gnosticism, Christianity, Existentialism, Nihilism, and occult tarot.[18] The film's premise resembles Plato's Allegory of the Cave, Calderon de la Barca's Life is a Dream, Edwin Abbott Abbott's Flatland, René Descartes's evil genius, Georges Gurdjieff's The Sleeping Man[19], Kant's reflections on the Phenomenon versus the Ding an sich, and the brain in a vat thought experiment.[citation needed]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix