WE ONLY KNOW ANNE LISTER BY THE WORDS OF HER DIARY AND THE LETTERS SHE KEPT. WE DO NOT KNOW MS LISTER -NOT AS A PERSON; WE KNOW HER MORE IN THE ABSTRACT OF AN IDEAL. THE EXAMPLE GIVEN IS X AND Y IS BASICALLY ZERO AND ONE JUST AS CIRCUMFERENCE IS TO A CIRCLE AND AS DIAMETER IS TO A SQUARE. THEREFORE, THE MATHEMATICAL ARGUMENT SUPPOSES THAT X AND Y IS A METAPHOR OF CIRCUMFERENCE AND DIAMETER; THEY ARE THE SAME THING. THE CONCEPT IS EXPLAINING "WHAT IS" BY EXPLAINING "WHAT IT IS NOT." MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING, THE VARIABLES X AND Y TAKE THE PLACE OF SOME UNKNOWN VALUE TO CALCULATE THE VALUE OF SOMETHING KNOWN. THIS KNOWLEDGE IS TERMED: AS ABOVE AS BELOW.
I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM AFRAID THAT YOUR LACK OF SUCH SOPHISTICATION WILL SHAMELESSLY REVEAL THAT MATHEMATICS IS BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION. PLEASE TRY TO FOLLOW:
TAKE NOTICE THAT: ANNE LISTER DOES NOT WISH TO BE KNOWN AS THE ADVOCATE IN THE FIGHT FOR ANN WALKER'S ESTATE. HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT LISTER IS THE REAL INFLUENCE BEHIND ALL THE ACTIONS ARISING FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE SISTERS. IN CONTRAST, WHEN LISTER IS CONDUCTING HER OWN BUSINESS AFFAIRS AS PROXY OF THE SHIBDEN ESTATE, IT IS IN HER BEST INTEREST TO BE KNOWN AS THE RENOWNED INFLUENCER AND DECISION MAKER IN HER OWN AFFAIRS. ANN WALKER KNOWS THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF POWER SHE ASPIRES TO POSSESS: TO BECOME HER OWN POWERFUL PROXY IN SOCIETY.
TAKE NOTICE THAT: TWO SERVANTS ARE CAUGHT HAVING SEX AND MUST BE ADMINISTERED TO: LISTER HAS TO DECIDE THE FATE OF HER TWO SERVANTS AFTER THEY HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN COPULATION WHILE UNMARRIED. PARADOXICALLY, THIS ADMINISTERING LAW TO HER SERVANTS MANIFESTS FROM LISTER'S DISDAIN OF THEIR SEXUAL ACT. LISTER DEEMED WHAT THE SERVANTS HAD DONE AS A DIRTY ACT WORTHY OF REPROACH. IRONICALLY, IMMORAL SEX IS THE SAME SENTIMENT THAT WILL BE USED AGAINST THE UNNATURAL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP OF LISTER AND WALKER. THERE IS NOT EVEN A WORD TO DESCRIBE LESBIAN SEX IN 19TH CENTURY ENGLAND. HOWEVER THE CONCEPT OF PUNISHMENT AND EXECUTION BY PROXY IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR IN MOST SOCIETIES. A LEGAL PERSON MAY ACT IN THE AUTHORITY OF THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
TAKE NOTICE THAT: THE MATTERS OF THE WALKER ESTATE BETWEEN THE TWO SISTERS ARE A DEMONSTRATION OF ONE OF A MYRIAD OF NEGOTIATIONS BY PROXY THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THIS EPISODE. THE WALKER NEGOTIATIONS ARE CAUSING A RIPPLE EFFECT IN THEIR FAMILY AND YORKSHIRE SOCIETY. THIS ADMINISTERING OF THE ESTATE IS THE SAME TYPE OF CONFLICT LISTER IS FACED WITH IN SHIBDEN HALL. LISTER DOES NOT WISH THE FATE OF HER NEW BUSINESS VENTURE (THE BUILD OF A GRAND CASINO HOTEL) TO BE LEFT TO THE DECISION OF HER FOES IN SOCIETY: AUTHORIZED DELEGATES LIKE THE TWO RAWSON BROTHERS. THE DECISION TO APPROVE HER CONSTRUCTION REQUIRES PERMITS FROM YORKSHIRE. SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, TOO, WILL EFFECT THE LISTER FAMILY AS WELL AS SOCIETY. THESE ARE THE PARALLELS OF DIFFERENT DYNAMICS BEING CONVEYED IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THE LETTERS BEING READ THROUGHOUT THE EPISODE ARE THE MANNER IN WHICH WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPRECIATE THEIR NUANCES.
TAKE NOTICE THAT: THERE IS A DIFFIDENCE IN THE WAY ANN, ANNE AND SAMUEL WASHINGTON APPROACH TEACHING. IT IS DEMONSTRATED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TEACHING STYLES IN THE SCHOOL THEY INHERIT. THIS DEMONSTRATION HAS A PURPOSE AND A MESSAGE. ANN WALKER TEACHES ABOUT JESUS; MR. WASHINGTON TEACHES ABOUT RELIGION; AND LISTER TEACHES ABOUT SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH MATHEMATICS. LISTER TEACHES THAT THOSE THAT MASTER THIS MATHEMATICAL ABSTRACT WAY OF THINKING WILL BECOME MASTERS WHILE THOSE WHO CAN NOT COMPREHEND SUCH DYNAMICS ARE DOOMED TO BE SHEEP THAT MUST BE LEAD. THE PROVERBIAL SHEEP, LISTER SEES AS SERVANTS; AND THOSE IN AUTHORITY, LISTER SEES AS GODS.
I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE POINT OF ALL OF THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, I AM AFRAID THAT YOUR LACK OF SUCH SOPHISTICATION WILL SHAMELESSLY REVEAL THAT MATHEMATICS IS BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION. PLEASE TRY TO FOLLOW:
TAKE NOTICE THAT: ANNE LISTER DOES NOT WISH TO BE KNOWN AS THE ADVOCATE IN THE FIGHT FOR ANN WALKER'S ESTATE. HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT LISTER IS THE REAL INFLUENCE BEHIND ALL THE ACTIONS ARISING FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE SISTERS. IN CONTRAST, WHEN LISTER IS CONDUCTING HER OWN BUSINESS AFFAIRS AS PROXY OF THE SHIBDEN ESTATE, IT IS IN HER BEST INTEREST TO BE KNOWN AS THE RENOWNED INFLUENCER AND DECISION MAKER IN HER OWN AFFAIRS. ANN WALKER KNOWS THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF POWER SHE ASPIRES TO POSSESS: TO BECOME HER OWN POWERFUL PROXY IN SOCIETY.
TAKE NOTICE THAT: TWO SERVANTS ARE CAUGHT HAVING SEX AND MUST BE ADMINISTERED TO: LISTER HAS TO DECIDE THE FATE OF HER TWO SERVANTS AFTER THEY HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN COPULATION WHILE UNMARRIED. PARADOXICALLY, THIS ADMINISTERING LAW TO HER SERVANTS MANIFESTS FROM LISTER'S DISDAIN OF THEIR SEXUAL ACT. LISTER DEEMED WHAT THE SERVANTS HAD DONE AS A DIRTY ACT WORTHY OF REPROACH. IRONICALLY, IMMORAL SEX IS THE SAME SENTIMENT THAT WILL BE USED AGAINST THE UNNATURAL SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP OF LISTER AND WALKER. THERE IS NOT EVEN A WORD TO DESCRIBE LESBIAN SEX IN 19TH CENTURY ENGLAND. HOWEVER THE CONCEPT OF PUNISHMENT AND EXECUTION BY PROXY IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR IN MOST SOCIETIES. A LEGAL PERSON MAY ACT IN THE AUTHORITY OF THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
TAKE NOTICE THAT: THE MATTERS OF THE WALKER ESTATE BETWEEN THE TWO SISTERS ARE A DEMONSTRATION OF ONE OF A MYRIAD OF NEGOTIATIONS BY PROXY THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THIS EPISODE. THE WALKER NEGOTIATIONS ARE CAUSING A RIPPLE EFFECT IN THEIR FAMILY AND YORKSHIRE SOCIETY. THIS ADMINISTERING OF THE ESTATE IS THE SAME TYPE OF CONFLICT LISTER IS FACED WITH IN SHIBDEN HALL. LISTER DOES NOT WISH THE FATE OF HER NEW BUSINESS VENTURE (THE BUILD OF A GRAND CASINO HOTEL) TO BE LEFT TO THE DECISION OF HER FOES IN SOCIETY: AUTHORIZED DELEGATES LIKE THE TWO RAWSON BROTHERS. THE DECISION TO APPROVE HER CONSTRUCTION REQUIRES PERMITS FROM YORKSHIRE. SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, TOO, WILL EFFECT THE LISTER FAMILY AS WELL AS SOCIETY. THESE ARE THE PARALLELS OF DIFFERENT DYNAMICS BEING CONVEYED IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THE LETTERS BEING READ THROUGHOUT THE EPISODE ARE THE MANNER IN WHICH WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPRECIATE THEIR NUANCES.
TAKE NOTICE THAT: THERE IS A DIFFIDENCE IN THE WAY ANN, ANNE AND SAMUEL WASHINGTON APPROACH TEACHING. IT IS DEMONSTRATED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TEACHING STYLES IN THE SCHOOL THEY INHERIT. THIS DEMONSTRATION HAS A PURPOSE AND A MESSAGE. ANN WALKER TEACHES ABOUT JESUS; MR. WASHINGTON TEACHES ABOUT RELIGION; AND LISTER TEACHES ABOUT SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH MATHEMATICS. LISTER TEACHES THAT THOSE THAT MASTER THIS MATHEMATICAL ABSTRACT WAY OF THINKING WILL BECOME MASTERS WHILE THOSE WHO CAN NOT COMPREHEND SUCH DYNAMICS ARE DOOMED TO BE SHEEP THAT MUST BE LEAD. THE PROVERBIAL SHEEP, LISTER SEES AS SERVANTS; AND THOSE IN AUTHORITY, LISTER SEES AS GODS.
