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* Robert Knox was the first writer to apply the idea of "[[canon]]" to works of fiction, in his essay "Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes".<ref>[https://static.lib.umn.edu/pdf/holmes/Blackfriars_v1n3_1920_RA_Knox.pdf Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes]</ref> | |||
** [[Andrew Hickey]]'s ''[[The Book of the Enemy (short story)|The Book of the Enemy]]'' later introduced one of Knox's ideas from that essay, connecting [[Sherlock Holmes]] to the siege of [[100 Sidney Street|Sidney Street]], into the [[DWU]].<ref>[https://andrewhickey.info/2018/03/08/references-in-my-book-of-the-enemy-story/ References in my Book of the Enemy story]</ref> | |||
* "Knox's maxim" is a reference to the 20th century English Catholic priest {{w|Ronald Knox}}, who composed two limericks relevant to Sabbath's observation: | * "Knox's maxim" is a reference to the 20th century English Catholic priest {{w|Ronald Knox}}, who composed two limericks relevant to Sabbath's observation: | ||
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Since observed by, Yours faithfully, God." | Since observed by, Yours faithfully, God." | ||
|Ronald Knox|https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/261761-there-was-a-young-man-who-said-god-must-find}} | |Ronald Knox|https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/261761-there-was-a-young-man-who-said-god-must-find}} | ||
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[[Category:Philosophers from the real world]] | [[Category:Philosophers from the real world]] | ||
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Knox was a thinker who conjectured that any person would cease to exist if they were ever no longer observed by God. Sabbath recalled this thought, which he described as "Knox's maxim", when he voyaged into the deeper realms of time in the Jonah. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)
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- Robert Knox was the first writer to apply the idea of "canon" to works of fiction, in his essay "Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes".[1]
- Andrew Hickey's The Book of the Enemy later introduced one of Knox's ideas from that essay, connecting Sherlock Holmes to the siege of Sidney Street, into the DWU.[2]
- "Knox's maxim" is a reference to the 20th century English Catholic priest Ronald Knox, who composed two limericks relevant to Sabbath's observation:
"There was a young man who said "God
Must find it exceedingly odd
To think that the tree
Should continue to be
When there's no one about in the quad."
Reply:
"Dear Sir: Your astonishment's odd;
I am always about in the quad.
And that's why the tree
Will continue to be
Since observed by, Yours faithfully, God."
