HUM1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Immortal Souls, Abrahamic Religions, Homo Habilis
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We are the only human species worldwide (homo sapiens) We can paint, write and perform = types of art. During the time of galileo, the church did not agree with the fact that the earth revolved around the sun. The church believed the sun revolved around the earth. The pope is now starting to agree with evolution. What goes into humanities: history (i)understanding and regarding the past (ii) (iii) 2 (i)hope and faith: writing (i)our being into writing, art and music (i)how we express our selves (emotion, science, law, culture, literature. A form of writing in an artistic way. We know now because someone wrote about it. Very subjective- all about the persons" perspective who wrote it (biased) Before writing was storytelling: but can be changed through time due to misinterpretation. Tools for pre-history: anthropology, archaeologists, artifacts, hieroglyphics. Once we stop asking questions and being curious, we stop evolving and being humans.
