AR104 Lecture Notes - Agnosticism, Atheism, Olive Oil
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Theory that the world was flat, and that if you started at point a -> b you would fall off was actually never believed, christopher columbus did not sail around the world to prove it. Stories like this are repeated until believed true. It is said that history is important to learn a lesson, even though no one asks what lessons are needed to be learned. This has been repeated constantly so people believe it. Greek logic: only the free mind/human being can ask questions. Someone in prison or slaved cannot ask questions. It was the greeks that discovered the human mind. Who and what we are? mind vs. brain / world vs. earth. When writing began, they focused on humanity based on mythology. French author states, we all still live in the ancient greek world. Human beings are told to think for themselves.