The name ‘Eve’ is a palindrome (it reads the same forward or backward). ‘Adam’ does not. This suggested to some ancient thinkers the double nature of women—creators of an intelligence and also its containers.

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The name ‘Eve’ is a palindrome (it reads the same forward or backward). ‘Adam’ does not. This suggested to some ancient thinkers the double nature of women—creators of an intelligence and also its containers.

Source: Durand, L’imagination symbolique

Adam and Eve

European Art East: Burkhardt Gallery»

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