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2000 Years Ago Thousands Of Years
1,175 words2000 years ago, Plato, one of the forefathers of Western civilization, materialized the foundational ideas on reflective thinking in the Allegory of the Cave, which stemmed from the Republic. In his essay, he symbolically shows the stages and value of reaching a higher level of thinking. Being able to reflectively think is so important, it is still being discussed in our modern times. In the essay How do we know? Why do we Believe? , by Patricia King, the stages of thinking are outlined in order...
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West Mexican Cultures 2000 Years Ago Shamanism
1,602 wordsThe Siberian shaman's soul is said to be able to leave the body and travel to other parts of the cosmos, particularly to an upper world in the sky and a lower world underground. How can anyone know what the people of Mesoamerica were seeing if they in fact were even in these states of trance. A broader definition is that shamans would include any kind of person who is in control of his or her state of trance, even if this does not involve a soul journey. This broader definition stills does not i...
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2000 Years Ago Men And Women
1,419 wordsLiterary theory and the Bible using feminist theory. The bible speaks about women not what most of them (especially the feminists) nowadays want to hear. The bible openly shows that women are somewhat inferior to men and are supposed to assume subservient position, which nowadays raises many questions and debates. In the following essay I am going to speak about what the bible said about women. I will try to use the direct quotes and examples from the bible to corroborate any thoughts about what...
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Don T Make 2000 Years Ago
2,364 wordsIn this essay, I am to define the meaning of discipleship, for the first disciples and for Christians today. The word disciple means to learn, but there are many differences between disciples today, and disciples 2000 years ago, in the midst of a hostile Roman Empire. The very first disciples of the resurrection were the holy women, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome. If Christianity is defined as the belief that Jesus died, and was resurrected, and then to me, these women were...
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2000 Years Ago Oedipus The King
901 wordsOedipus the King, written by Sophocles around 430 BC, is one of, if not the most, important and influential tragedy ever written. It became the base for most of the tragedies written since. In spite of the fact that some of the story line may seem a little out of place now, parallels can be very easily drawn with the present time. Even though it was written over 2000 years ago, Oedipus the King is still fitting and applicable in todays society. In ancient Greece, the people believed that the god...
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