Arbre-Earth Connections
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This page documents suspected connections between the world of Arbre and Earth.
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[edit] People
[edit] Specific Persons
In addition to the "functional" correspondence between Arbrans and humans who made certain discoveries, the names of the Arbran characters in some cases recall the names of different philosophers and scientists of Earth. For example, "Cartas" (especially in the form "Cartasian Discipline") recalls Descartes and his Cartesian method, and "Proc" recalls the Neoplatonist Proclus.
[edit] Roles, Occupations, or Positions
| Arbre | Earth |
|---|---|
| Avout | Scientist, mathematician, theorist, philosopher, rational |
| Saecular | A "regular" person with non-academic (non-mathic) credentials. |
| Deolater | Religious, believer. |
| Ita | System administrator. Probably "IT Analyst" or "IT Administrator". |
| Unarian | Collegiate undergraduate |
| Decenarian | Graduate Student |
| Centenarian | Tenured Professor |
| Millenarian | Endowed Chair |
| Burger | Bourgeoisie, middle-class. Businessperson. |
| Artisan | Craftsman, blue-collar worker |
| Sline | "base-line", "main-stream", Proletariat, uneducated, peasant, "jock" |
[edit] Ideas and Philosophies
[edit] Concepts
| Arbre | Earth |
|---|---|
| Adrakhonic Theorem | Pythagorean Theorem |
| Diax's Rake | A warning against Metaphysical Optimism |
| Gardan's Steelyard | Occam's Razor |
| Hemn Space | configuration space, phase space |
| Lazy Peregrin problem | Traveling salesman problem |
| Saunt Lesper's Coordinates | Cartesian coordinate system |
| Saunt Alvar's Syndrome | Stockholm Syndrome |
| Suvinian Dialog | Socratic Method |
| Peregrin Dialog | Peripatetic / Aristotelian method |
| Periklynian Dialog | Agora |
| Sphenist | Sophist |
| Sconist | Stoicism, Empiricist |
| Faanian | Aristotelian Rhetoricist |
| Procian | Ontological, Nominalist |
| Protan | Platonic Realist, Idealist |
| Halikaarnian | Epistemologist |
| Cnoön | Platonic Ideal |
| Hylaean Theoric World | Platonic World of Forms |
| Halikaarn's Diagonal | Cantor's diagonal argument |
[edit] Religions and Practices
| Arbre | Earth |
|---|---|
| Orth | Latin (language) |
| Fluccish | English, other vernacular languages |
| Theorics | Science, especially physics and mathematics |
| Metatheorics | Metaphysics, philosophy |
| Theor | Physicist, intelligentsia, intellectual |
| Enthusiast | Fideist |
| Deolator | Theist |
| Ark of Baz | Roman Catholic Church |
| Counter-Bazian arks | Protestant denominations |
| Kelx | Jehovah's Witnesses (evangelization), Trinitarianism (three base entities), One Thousand and One Nights (tales to avoid execution). |
| Moshiach | Millenialist, Evangelical, or Messianist ("Moshiach" is Hebrew for "Messiah") |
| Vale Lore | Shaolin Martial Arts, a play on "valor" |
[edit] Places
| Arbre | Earth |
|---|---|
| Ethras | Athens |
| Baz | Rome/Byzantium |
| Periklyne | Agora |
| Sea of Seas | Mediterranean |
| Ecba | Pompeii/Sicily/Crete |
| Temple of Orithena | Pythagorean School |
[edit] Technology
| Arbre | Earth |
|---|---|
| Reticulum | Internet |
| Syntactic Device | Computer |
| Jeejah | Cellphone/PDA (Think: Apple iPhone) |
| Speely | Digital Video |
| Farspark | Obsolete (analog TV) |
| Allswell | Satire on concentrated antidepressants in environment and "bioceuticals". |
| Saunt Bucker's Basket | Faraday Cage |
| Everything Killer | Neutron Bomb |
| Cartabla | Handheld mapping device, with integrated GPS (Think: Apple iPhone, with some specific apps) |
[edit] Other
[edit] Historical Events and Chronological References
| Arbre | Earth |
|---|---|
| Bazian Empire | Roman Empire |
| Old Mathic Age | Middle Ages |
| Rebirth | Renaissance |
| Praxic Age | Enlightment/Industrial Revolution to current technology |
| First Harbinger | European Revolutions, from the French to the Russian |
| Second Harbinger | World War I |
| Third Harbinger | World War II, Holocaust |
| Terrible events | Apocalyptic event or series of events, no historical counterpart |
[edit] Cultural References
| Arbre | Earth |
|---|---|
| Concent | Convent, Concentration camp, University Campus, Concentric Circles |
| Math | Monastery, Cloister |
| Pin-prick Math | Hermitage |
| Polycosm | Many-worlds Intepretation |
| Discipline | Rule of Saint Benedict |
| Blithe | St. John's wort |
| Atamant's Copper Bowl | Husserl's Copper Ashtray |
| Aut | Ritual |
| Convox | Convocation |
