07-15-2003, 06:00 PM
3 is a commonly encountered number (others are 2, 7, 12, etc. basically any divine or aesthetic numbers). That's probably the only reason behind it being chosen (ie it looked good, or was the first to come into mind).
There's whole explanations that can be made, and opinions probably vary on what exactly all the numbers that fit into this category are...but the most common ones are 3 and 7. With numbers like 2, 5, 12, 55, 66, 69, 99, 666, 777, etc. all being somewhat secondary but still seeing many occurances in literature and our every day lives. (there's also some that would list all the multiples of 5....ie 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30,... because they're more appealing as the actual number than most other numbers). (I would give examples but that's too far off topic).
3 in perticular is related to:
The Trinity (God, His Son, and the Holy Ghost)
The Moon, The Sun, The Earth (seen in some pagan religions - very interesting stuff there)
The Creation, The Growth, The Destruction (I don't remember the the religion...thinking Hindu - I know Shiva is the destruction)
hard to think of any others at the moment...sure people can give examples other than those, they're just the first 3 that came to mind.
There's whole explanations that can be made, and opinions probably vary on what exactly all the numbers that fit into this category are...but the most common ones are 3 and 7. With numbers like 2, 5, 12, 55, 66, 69, 99, 666, 777, etc. all being somewhat secondary but still seeing many occurances in literature and our every day lives. (there's also some that would list all the multiples of 5....ie 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30,... because they're more appealing as the actual number than most other numbers). (I would give examples but that's too far off topic).
3 in perticular is related to:
The Trinity (God, His Son, and the Holy Ghost)
The Moon, The Sun, The Earth (seen in some pagan religions - very interesting stuff there)
The Creation, The Growth, The Destruction (I don't remember the the religion...thinking Hindu - I know Shiva is the destruction)
hard to think of any others at the moment...sure people can give examples other than those, they're just the first 3 that came to mind.
Chaos < Logic > Order
One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles.
One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes win, sometimes lose.
One who does not know the enemy and does not know himself will be in danger in every battle.
- Sun Tzu "The Art of War"
One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles.
One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes win, sometimes lose.
One who does not know the enemy and does not know himself will be in danger in every battle.
- Sun Tzu "The Art of War"