tree of knowledge
Noun
Meaning
tree of knowledge (countable and uncountable, plural trees of knowledge)
(biblical) One of the trees in the Garden of Eden.
Coordinate term: tree of life
Synonyms
Examples
Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
There are three Empires. First there is the Empire which was founded on the tree of knowledge. Then there is the Empire founded on the tree of the Cross. The third is still a secret Empire which will be founded on the tree of knowledge and the tree of the Cross - brought together.
Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations.
You look like a boy who has eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge and doesn't like the taste.
The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.