Well, those are not really "my" words - consider this is from some somewhat-cruel-but-very-witty ancient philosopher, who could have written it down once. The manuscript travelled through times - many times lost and discovered again - and finally finding its way to GOG via a twisted giveaway. :P

Sounds like it came from classical Greece or the Hellenistic period.

That could be the case. Even though some people claim this is one of the writings of the wisest Kung Lao Tzu from ancient Cheanea - a legendary country, which many people have searched for but never found. The ancient inhabitants of that country are believed to have given us all the knowledge we have - how to breath, walk, laugh, cry and look at the world with eyes wide open.
Some people actually believe Hellins have derived ideas for their now-classic poems from Cheaneas ancient manuscripts they posessed. It is also said that part of these invaluable documents was unfortunately lost at sea during Odysseus' lengthy journey with loot from Troya and the remainings were burnt in the library of Alexandria.
Thus the origination of these thoughts still remains a mystery. All we know is - it is there for us to stare and awe upon. :P

4 days untill i give away the first clue.

"a house" = a closed space that provides an "inside"
"a door" = something that provides entry to said "inside"
"vital" = necessary for life

Now, what's an "inside" that's closely related to life? That's easy: a womb. And what is providing entry to a womb? That's easy too: a vagina.

"pointless" = not fulfilling its purpose
"stairs" = something pointing upwards

Now, if the purpose of a womb is to create life, then what kind of upward-pointing object is necessary to ave it fulfill that purpose? Well, that's easy too.

"follow" = to move toward something

In order to help the "door" fulfilling its purpose, the "stairs" must "follow". In order for the vagina to fulfill its purpose (i.e. functioning as a door to the life-creating womb), a penis must move inside it.

So, in other words, the meaning of the encrypted sentence is:
"You need to move a boner for successful conception."

There is also a sexist undertone to the riddle as it reduces sexual organs to only have the purpose of providing a means for procreation.

And actually, and perhaps somewhat underhandedly, the above solution is a riddle in itself. It's meaning is: "We really don't have enough information to go by, and based on the current lack of useful info, we can really interpret _anything_ into the riddle - see?".

;-p

Well, i was going to give a clue sooner, but i decided to wait to see if someone could find the solution.

Bump, i am still hoping someone can really undestand the problem. Well, maybe ive given away enough clues for now.

You handed out clues? The only two I saw have been up since the thread started.

Next guess. The statement means exactly what it says.

Oops, Did i say i gave away clues? Oh well, perhaps if you click the search function and search my posts and read them throroughly you may find something in perhaps two of my posts, But your more likely to lose your job before you solve my question. (if you have one.)

I'm not sure if that was a dig at my intelligence or a comment about the riddle being hard. As far as this thread, the only clue is that someone almost had it right on the first page. You brought up a Greek/Hellenistic thing up there but I don't think it's relevant. Thread hunting it is then.

Lol, definately not a dig at your intelligence, sorry if it came of that way.

It's been three days since anyone posted so I'll take another guess. The body is the house and the mouth is the door. Teeth are the stairs. We "build" teeth after we are born and they are needed to chew our food so we can swallow and digest it.

Seems to me there are supposed to be two stairs and two doors.
Stairs and door leading inside the house, and stairs plus door leading outside.

My guess will be the digestive system.
the house is the stomach.
it has two doors, one leading inside and one outside.
stairs are throat and intestine.

The time for the first clue has arrived:

The door is the mixture of two substances.

Water

H ... to .. O


H2O
Or perhaps that s just the doors ... to life.
The stairs would be evolution.