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Similar Triangles Poem

The Land of Belief

2026
Digital
The Land of Belief, 2026 — Dogma = ((Paradox)(Altruism)) / Moral Clarity
The Land of Belief, 2026 — digital
The poem Dogma  =  (Paradox)(Altruism) ⁄ Moral Clarity

The value of dogma is to the value of paradox as the value of altruism is to the value of moral clarity.

The same poem, solved four ways

A similar triangles poem is a proportion, a ⁄ b = d ⁄ e, and a proportion can be rearranged without changing what it claims. Each arrangement is a separate poem and all four say the same thing.

  1. Dogma = (Paradox)(Altruism) ⁄ Moral Clarity
  2. Paradox = (Dogma)(Moral Clarity) ⁄ Altruism
  3. Altruism = (Moral Clarity)(Dogma) ⁄ Paradox
  4. Moral Clarity = (Altruism)(Paradox) ⁄ Dogma
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