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===Mission Statement=== | |||
'''In years gone by, no organisation would have felt the need of a mission statement. In its place was the motto, the wise distillation of the aims and ethos of a school, a business or a family. Our motto still serves that function for us today. It means:''' | |||
'''To ask a question is the beginning of knowledge.''' | |||
'''This is our aim. We exist to ask new questions, to continue to investigate them. We believe that a playful, competitive spirit is the best way to access our most creative thinking. Our focus on puzzles leads us to see the value in unusual questions and unexpected answers.''' | |||
'''It is our mission not only to explore in the realms of knowledge but also to lead others to do so. Not only to shed light, but also to point out areas which need illumination by others. We are only a small body, but our effect can be far-reaching. This is our aim: always to question and always to seek the knowledge that comes from pursuing a puzzle.''' | |||
Revision as of 16:02, 30 April 2005
Leader: Sente Kiteway
Website: Perplexcityacademy.com
History
- History?
Mission Statement
In years gone by, no organisation would have felt the need of a mission statement. In its place was the motto, the wise distillation of the aims and ethos of a school, a business or a family. Our motto still serves that function for us today. It means:
To ask a question is the beginning of knowledge.
This is our aim. We exist to ask new questions, to continue to investigate them. We believe that a playful, competitive spirit is the best way to access our most creative thinking. Our focus on puzzles leads us to see the value in unusual questions and unexpected answers.
It is our mission not only to explore in the realms of knowledge but also to lead others to do so. Not only to shed light, but also to point out areas which need illumination by others. We are only a small body, but our effect can be far-reaching. This is our aim: always to question and always to seek the knowledge that comes from pursuing a puzzle.
What's Known
- The Academy has numerous gatehouses leading from Perplex City into the Acadmey
- Gatehouse 24 - Employee's entrance
- Gatehouse 12 - Vistor's entrance
- The Academy's logo bears the latin phrase : quaerere initium sapientiae whose rough translation, Acquisition is the beginning of knowledge, sounds intriguingly close to a Khalil Gibran quote : Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
- The new logo that appeared in the Sentinel on 18th April bears a new Latin phrase quaesitum quaerere sapientiae initium est. This translates to investigation to seek wisdom beginning is. Sounds very close to Clarence Darrow: Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. It may also refer to the apocryphal text The Wisdom of Solomon, 6:17: "The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction."
This logo was changed on the Sentinel site on the 19th, and mentioned in the corrections page (link). It seems that the different logo was a mistake, but whether this was in game or out of game has yet to be determined.
