Tree of Knowledge may refer to:
Religion and mythology
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Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
In Judaism and Christianity, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ( he, עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע, ʿêṣ had-daʿaṯ ṭōḇ wā-rāʿ, label=Tiberian Hebrew, ) is one of two specific trees in the story of the Garden ...
, a tree in the Garden of Eden, mentioned in the Book of Genesis
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Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil (from Old Norse ), in Norse cosmology, is an immense and central sacred tree. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds.
Yggdrasil is attested in the '' Poetic Edda'' compiled in the 13th century from earlier tradition ...
, the Norse world tree, from which Odin hung upside down in exchange for knowledge
Publications
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''The Tree of Knowledge'' (novel), a 1911 novel by Pío Baroja
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Drvo znanja
''Drvo znanja'' (meaning ''Tree of Knowledge'' in English) is a Croatian popular science magazine targeting children published monthly (except in summer) by SysPrint. The magazine is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
History and profile
''Drvo znanja'' ...
'', a Croatian magazine
* ''Tree of Knowledge'', a 1970s publication by
Marshall Cavendish
Marshall Cavendish is a subsidiary company of Times Publishing Group, the printing and publishing subsidiary of Singapore-based conglomerate Fraser and Neave (which in turn currently owned by ThaiBev, the beverage company in Thailand), and at ...
* ''The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding'', a 1987 book by
Humberto Maturana
Humberto Maturana Romesín (September 14, 1928 – May 6, 2021) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Many consider him a member of a group of second-order cybernetics theoreticians such as Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, Herbert Br� ...
and Francisco Varela (1987)
Films
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''The Tree of Knowledge'' (1920 film), a 1920 silent film directed by William C. deMille
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''Tree of Knowledge'' (film) (Kundskabens træ), a 1981 acclaimed Danish coming-of-age drama directed by Nils Malmros
Places
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Tree of Knowledge (Australia)
The Tree of Knowledge was a heritage-listed tree in Oak Street, Barcaldine, Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia, that was poisoned and killed in 2006. It was a 200-year-old '' Corymbia aparrerinja'' ghost gum. It was added to the Queen ...
, the traditional birthplace of the Australian Labor Party
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Tree of Knowledge, Camooweal
Tree of Knowledge is a heritage-listed tree on the Barkly Highway, Camooweal, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 8 September 2005.
History
The Tree of Knowledge on the Camooweal Cam ...
, a tree associated with knowledge exchange in Camooweal, Queensland, Australia
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Kidman's Tree of Knowledge
Kidman's Tree of Knowledge is a heritage-listed tree at Glengyle Station, Bedourie, Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Tree of Knowledge. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Histo ...
, a tree on Glengyle Station, Bedourie, Queensland, Australia associated with pastoralist Sidney Kidman
Other meanings
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Tree of knowledge (philosophy)
The tree of knowledge or tree of philosophy is a metaphor presented by the French philosopher René Descartes in the preface to the French translation of his work ''Principles of Philosophy'' to describe the relations among the different parts of ...
, a metaphor used by Descartes
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Tree of knowledge system
The Tree of knowledge (ToK) system is a new map of Big History that traces cosmic evolution across four different planes of existence, identified as Matter, Life, Mind and Culture that are mapped respectively by the physical, biological, psych ...
, a conceptual approach to the unification of psychology theories
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''The Tree of Knowledge'' (mural), a work of public art in Salford, England, by Alan Boyson
See also
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Tree of Science (disambiguation)
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