1. What I have noticed on Twitter is that everyone mostly lives in Teleological time. They concentrate on their day and finding purpose from it. Many people look at how their actions affect them and what purpose it has given them. For example, they may write about their day at work or at school and how it was. This is a type of cause and effect which gives meaning to that morning. I noticed that I live in a Teleological/ Entropic time. I tend to be very random at times. I would focus on my wants and needs right now. If I am upset that is what I write I am upset right now. It brings no purpose, no cause and effect, and it does not affect anyone else’s day. I also tend to act the same way as my classmates and reflect on my day and decide whether it was rewarding or what purpose it has served me today.
2. The story 1001 Nights is comprised of 1001 stories that ‘interweave’ with one another, meaning that they intertwine. I had read the Tale of the Trader and Jinni and there I had observed one type of time: teleological. An example of this was when the merchant had killed a man with the stone of his date: this because a cause and effect making it a teleological time. Also, when the merchant had a year left to live and that every day was to be spent with a purpose. Every day was to pay off debts and spend time with the family.
3. In the Tale of the Trader and Jinni, the trader accidently kills the son of the Jinni. It is then that Jinni says that has to take the life of the trader. This is based on the saying eye for an eye. If you take out my eye I can take out yours, in a sense. Although many may view this issue as right or wrong, it still persists sometimes in Islamic countries such as Iran. There was a case of a woman in which her stalker threw acid in her face and blinded her. She had refused money and had insisted that the stalker be punished the same way as she had been by throwing acid in his face.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/iran.acid.justice/index.html
So the concept of eye for an eye, life for a life, etc still exists in some Arabic countries.
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Irina, I agree w/ you with the story of the Husband and the parrot. The Islamic culture, the man is literally the superior being and the woman is the subordinate. It is like they are slaves with limited rights and the husband can divorce them if the woman disobeys them. In the Quran, Allah made the man the superior being and the woman have to follow. Women are not allowed to blink without the man's permission. It is kind of crazy. Unlike the Christians, men are usually the head of the household but men and women are equals in social status.
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