"You have the apple — the symbol of knowledge," Gassée said.
Here the Book is very much a human achievement, a symbol of knowledge and civilization amid ignorance and barbarism.
It all began last August when the private university decided to build the library, "the symbol of knowledge of our religion," next to the mosque, Mr. Muhammad said.
She said that, "as a descendent of people who were denied the right to read, to now have the opportunity to serve and lead the institution that is our national symbol of knowledge is a historic moment".
Like the dragon book in Elizabeth Kostova's "The Historian," Ashmole 782 remains enigmatic, a symbol of knowledge as forbidden as an apple in Eden.
Apples were traditional symbols of knowledge, though in this case the apple may hint at the family's source of wealth — they owned orchards.
Right now, Pakistan is perhaps where Doxiadis is busiest, its government having engaged him to design a new capital; a new university, officially described as a "symbol of Moslem knowledge;" seven new technical schools; and an addition to Karachi, the existing capital, that will house half a million refugees from India.
"Kubla Khan, which in his atlas was the symbol of complete knowledge of the world, did not just mark all the real cities of the past, present and future, but also all the imaginary cities – whether they be called New Atlantis, Utopia, the City of the Sun, Oceana, Tarnow, Harmony, New-Lanark, Icaria".
Furthermore, 'basic CHWs' reported feeling disadvantaged by not receiving the iCCM training certificate, since they perceived it as a symbol of status, knowledge, and the opportunity to advance in life.
As a result, in the story of Adam and Eve, the apple became a symbol for knowledge, immortality, temptation, the fall of man into sin, and sin itself.
Studies of infant feeding practices from countries of origin for Chinese immigrants suggest that practices related to the hot-cold concept (ying and yang), modesty regarding breastfeeding in public, need to return to employment within a few weeks of giving birth, use of formula as a status symbol, and lack of knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding contribute to these low rates [ 3- 7].
