the fall, n.Definitions

The Fall (n.) from ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grace, in many mythologies, is the story of man losing grace and replacing it with technology.

The Fall (n.) needed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no serpent: the awakening of consciousness lies within human beings themselves, and the story repeats itself in every one of them.

The Fall (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a happy fault, O felix culpa: had man stayed united to God before it he would have remained a beast, and God would have lacked a finite will to come to self-knowledge in.

The Fall (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠told as an act at the beginning that might not have happened, because narrative can only render what is necessary and fundamental as something that happened first.

The Fall (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the moment men acquire knowledge of good and evil, because spirit must become conscious of itself; the alternative is the animal's innocence, which is not goodness.

The Fall (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a man fifty yards past a young woman on a bridge, hearing her body strike the water, wanting to run, not moving an inch — 'too late, too far' — and walking slowly away in the rain, telling no one.