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SighIf one were to examine the similarity between western (from hellenistic to the ancient peoples of the american continent) and eastern (from the hindu to as far east as the buddhist traditions) philosophies, they can all be classified loosely under an idealist world view.This world view may be traced all the way back to the beginings of human civilization (more than 5,000 years worth) and has been dominant up to the present (regardless of the emergence of a materialist world view which caught on only during the age of enlightenment).Are you suggesting that the major cradles of human civilization have been in contact since the beginning?And even if, for argument's sake, you can dig up some obscure archeological evidence to suggest this, such a universality in scope and duration could hardly be explained by mere contact through economic trade. Not to mention the fact that far eastern cultures from china and japan are almost impervious to any sort of cultural assimilation.Religion itself could only flourish within a world view that permits it, don't you think? And it is this world view, an almost intuitive understanding of some fundamental metaphysical truth, that I am suggesting developed independently throughout the world.
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If one were to examine the similarity between western (from hellenistic to the ancient peoples of the american continent) and eastern (from the hindu to as far east as the buddhist traditions) philosophies, they can all be classified loosely under an idealist world view.
This world view may be traced all the way back to the beginings of human civilization (more than 5,000 years worth) and has been dominant up to the present (regardless of the emergence of a materialist world view which caught on only during the age of enlightenment).
Are you suggesting that the major cradles of human civilization have been in contact since the beginning?
And even if, for argument's sake, you can dig up some obscure archeological evidence to suggest this, such a universality in scope and duration could hardly be explained by mere contact through economic trade. Not to mention the fact that far eastern cultures from china and japan are almost impervious to any sort of cultural assimilation.
Religion itself could only flourish within a world view that permits it, don't you think? And it is this world view, an almost intuitive understanding of some fundamental metaphysical truth, that I am suggesting developed independently throughout the world.
