The problem of the One and the Many and the Axial Age go hand in hand. This is simple enough to say, but in order to understand why the two rely so much on one another, one must first understand the basics of both the problem of the One and the Many and the Axial Age itself. The Axial Age is a time of shifting beliefs about why everything was happening in the universe. Before this shift, the majority of the world attributed the happenings of the earth simply to the will of their respective gods. But during the Axial Age, philosophers began questioning this belief system and wondering whether the things that happened in the universe could be explained by some other force. This is where the problem of the One and the Many comes in. The problem asks whether or not there is one unifying force throughout the universe and what that force is. Many of the …show more content…
Like Yajnavalkya, Zeno believed that the energy controlling the universe was made up of a multitude of individual souls, but that ultimately, the universe is God. Zeno also argued that the amount of things that the universe contained could never be altered, much like how Anaxagoras thought that Mind could only rearrange the ingredients of the universe and not diminish or create them. The main difference in Zeno’s God from any of the other philosophers’ answers to the problem of the One and the Many is that God controls the universe in order to bring about what is ‘right’. In fact, Zeno goes so far as to say that God prevents the opposite of what is right from occurring altogether. He also argues that God both created everything in the universe and now rules over it. This differs from the concept of Mind, which simply assembled what materials were always present in the universe to begin with. However, God is an intangible force, much like Mind, the One, and the
Throughout the world, most people believe in some type of god or gods, and the majority of them understand God as all-good, all-knowing (omniscient), and all-powerful (omnipotent). However, there is a major objection to the latter belief: the “problem of evil” (P.O.E.) argument. According to this theory, God’s existence is unlikely, if not illogical, because a good, omniscient, and omnipotent being would not allow unnecessary suffering, of which there are enormous amounts.
1. Xenophanes said "there is one god, among gods and men the greatest... "[1] but why would that idea be unusual for his culture, in its history? He explains that everyone in his culture had been taught by the famous poets and writers, including Homer, that a pantheon of multiple deities existed and affected the lives of humans in various ways. The nature of these gods, however, defies the whole notion of deity. Anaximander had earlier conceived of the underlying "stuff" of the universe as apeiron, an unexplainable something. But Xenophanes carries the notion much farther by attacking the mythology of his time and giving definition to the ineffable source of life. The famous writers "attributed to the gods all things that are shameful and a reproach among mankind: theft, adultery, and mutual deception" [2]. Illogically also, humans thought that gods were born and had clothing, voices, and bodies as well [3]. Surely, gods had to be more than glorified albeit often more immoral than humans, by the definition of "god."
ZEN BUDDHISM | What is Zen Buddhism? What is Zen meditation?. "ZEN BUDDHISM | Beliefs | Buddhist beliefs." Accessed Feb 24, 2014. http://zen-buddhism.net/beliefs/beliefs-and-dogmas.html.According to the “Buddhists Beliefs 2014” Zen does not seek to answer questions through God or after life; they focus on the present time while most religions spend time trying to answer questions such as who is God, what is life like after death, etc.? Zen believes that human conditions are so limited that nobody can possibly know the answers to these questions.
The Exploration age for the europeans was the way to get rich famous and make money for their mother country. With the new exploration tools that helped many explores sail to the new world and explore the land and to learn about the native people culture and how they lived. With the new knowledge of the new world introduces new threats to both the Europeans and the Natives such as disease, enslavement of people and the decimation of populations in the new world due to exploration. The age of exploration was started when christopher columbus went to the new world which he thought was india in 1492. After the first trip to the new world with Columbus there was a boom in Europe and the race to make it and explore, and colonize the new world was
The symbolic world views of how the world was created can be described through the cosmogonies of Genesis and the Laws of Manu. It is through these theories that one can learn how the universe came into existence. Many individuals consider a certain religion to be their ultimate realm of reality, and it is within religion that these symbolic world views come into play. The cosmogony of Genesis began along a sacred history of time where god created merely by speaking. In contrast, the Laws of Manu involve creation through thought. In Genesis, there is only one god and in Laws of Manu there is more than one god. Both cosmogonies have many similarities as they have many differences, yet both of them are significant in understanding and interpreting the philosophy of religion and its traditions. Although god believes that everything he created is good, I believe that the existence of god is questionable when there is so much evil in the universe.
Zeno of Elea was a mathematician who is known for introducing a number of intelligent and original paradoxes. A paradox is a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. Zeno was not only a Greek mathematician but also a Greek philosopher and wrote books about the paradoxes that he discovered. His paradoxes continue to stump intelligent people from Aristotle done to people in the present day. Not only did Zeno’s paradoxes contribute to him being considered a mathematician but also his rich background. Little is known about Zeno himself but the information we do know comes from either the manuscript “Parmenides” written by Plato or Aristotle.
One common perception of God is that God is not so much a being, but according to seventeenth century philosopher Benedict Spinoza, that "God is everything, identical to the universe itself." That is to say that God is a part of all humans, all animals, all objects, and all matter in the universe. This particular view is called pantheism, which is literally defined to mean that there is no God, but only the combined forces and laws that are manifested in the existing universe. According to Spinoza, we are each and all an integral part of God, not as individuals or even humanity as a whole but as an integral part of what Spinoza called the "One Substance." He also believed that we are each and all components of some greater being, a being so unimaginably large that we are each nothing more than tiny parcels of matter in that being's blood.
The age exploration in Europe began in the 1400s. The rise of strong kingdoms, the desire for trade, improved navigation technology from Ptolemy and Al Idrisi like the astrolabe, compass, and better maps with longitude and latitude, and better ships like the caravel and naus led to a new era of exploration. After the Renaissance people knew the world was flat so they started to use the water more for sailing. The first country to send ships out was Portugal; in 1420, because they were at peace and had enough money they were the first to set out. They began mapping Africa’s coastline and trading with African Kingdoms. Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal taught Sailors when he got too old and could no longer sail. Spain soon followed after
The problem of the one and the many consists of two parts that are quite evident in the one and the many. The one is used in referring to that which is a unifying force in many theories of the universe; it is that from which all things are made and that to which all things return, most theories consider it an indestructible non-creatable substance infinite in existence at least but on occasion infinite in diversity. Sometimes philosophers use the one to explain a theory of Arche, which refers to the originating order of all that is. The many refers to that which ...
The Age of Exploration was a time period when Europeans made discoveries that transformed the world. The Age of Exploration was due to scientific developments and the desire for wealth. The Age of Exploration is a period that started in the 15th century with the first Portuguese explorations. During The Age of Exploration, Europeans used many tools and technology to make discoveries that transformed the world. During The Age of Exploration many explorers wanted to explore for many different reasons. Since they wanted to explore, they did explore and they made discoveries and explorations, and as a result, many effects many effects were made on the world.
A civilization is the starting point of a society. Civilizations have existed for millions of years and are the basic unit of structure for a society. Civilizations were the base of great societies such as Egypt and Rome. If not for civilizations these societies would not have flourished or even existed.
Towards the end of the book, Mae concludes and describes her betrayal of Kalden/Ty and the rise of the Circle. This final decision ends the book and is an important passage to the section as a whole because it not only shows Mae’s full support of the Circle but also the future of the whole world. This decision allows the Circle to rise in power and have total control of everything as well as the world’s information. Although many people in the book see this as an opportunity to save the world, this decision has destroyed people's privacy and allowed power to be in the hands of the Circle. Through all of this, this final passage emphasizes Mae’s descent into the Circle’s ideas and has transform Mae into a slave of the Circle’s need for power and knowledge.
Dating back to Thales, we first learn about metaphysical beliefs. He shows us the idea of Monism as the belief that “one” thing is the cause of everything else. Furthermore, the Arche is created meaning origin in Greek which meant that the one “stuff” is basis of the rest of the universe. For Thales, Arche is water. Stemming from Anaximander and Anaximenes, we learn about the ideas of Appearance vs Reality which is basically the real stuff versus many appearances which brings us the question what is an illusion and what is real? We learn about the concept of reason which is trust versus mistrust of reason. This causes the paradox of the “one” and the “many” as they both are seemingly absurd and self-contradictory
The Copernican revolution is about the understanding of scientists, and individuals about the world and its place in the universe. It is the change of putting the sun in the center of the universe rather than the earth, with moving stars and planets. This rotation in ideas did shape the history in the way we see the universe, the planets, the stars, and the sun compared to the earth. Yet, this revolution does not lie on the shoulder of one man. The Copernican revolution got its name from Copernicus because he was the first one to bring his ideas and arguments in a world where the Ptolemaic system was dominating. But the thinkers that followed, such as Brahe, Kepler and Galileo are as important. This paper will give the history of the revolution,
Zeno was quite the philosophical quiz master. He baffled many of the greatest philosophers like Aristotle with his brainteasers and paradoxes. Zeno accomplished what he set out to do during his time. If Zeno had the information available today about space and time possibilities of making more complex and baffling paradoxes could have been a reality. Unfortunately for Zeno, he is not alive today to see how his paradoxes lasted or to offer refutes and possible answers to answers made by todays scientists and great thinkers.