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| 7490 | Because of Darwin, wisdom as a definite attainable state has faded |
| 7461 | The three key ideas are the soul, Europe, and the experiment |
| 7464 | The big idea: imitation, the soul, experiments, God, heliocentric universe, evolution? |
| 7465 | Babylonian thinking used analogy, rather than deduction or induction |
| 7466 | Mesopotamian numbers applied to specific things, and then became abstract |
| 7477 | Modern democracy is actually elective oligarchy |
| 7478 | Greek philosophers invented the concept of 'nature' as their special subject |
| 7462 | DNA mutation suggests humans and chimpanzees diverged 6.6 million years ago |
| 7470 | During the rise of civilizations, the main gods changed from female to male |
| 7474 | Hinduism has no founder, or prophet, or creed, or ecclesiastical structure |
| 7480 | Monotheism was a uniquely Israelite creation within the Middle East |
| 7479 | Modern Judaism became stabilised in 200 CE |
| 7481 | The Israelites may have asserted the uniqueness of Yahweh to justify land claims |
| 7471 | The Gathas (hymns) of Zoroastrianism date from about 1000 BCE |
| 7473 | Zoroaster conceived the afterlife, judgement, heaven and hell, and the devil |
| 7483 | Paul's early writings mention few striking episodes from Jesus' life |
| 7484 | Jesus never intended to start a new religion |
| 7475 | Confucius revered the spiritual world, but not the supernatural, or a personal god, or the afterlife |
| 7476 | Taoism aims at freedom from the world, the body, the mind, and nature |
| 7463 | The three basic ingredients of religion are: the soul, seers or priests, and ritual |
| 7468 | In ancient Athens the souls of the dead are received by the 'upper air' |