ENVS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter n/a: Dissipative System, Therma, Semipermeable Membrane
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The human dimension 1: myth, cosmos, and nature. Retrieved october 8, 2014, from moodle. https://moodle. yorku. ca/moodle/pluginfile. php/1093620/mod_resource/content/1/human_dimens ion_i. pdf. Myths are stories, stories that are powerful enough that they may be taken as true; or as the literary critic. Cosmologies are overall maps of how the universe is structured. Ontologies are explanations of the nature of being, that is, what does it mean to exist. Archetypes are basic patterns of stories that appear worldwide, though in different forms. Symbols are images or words that capture the essence of something. Similes are a form of speech that says something is like something else. Metaphors are a more powerful form of speech that says that something is something else. The human dimension i: myth, cosmos, and nature: introduction: the nature of myth. A study of these myths, or the larger mythology, can give us insight into different cultural ways of thinking about (and living w/in) its own sense of nature.
