Greeks first to create a complete alphabet *The idea of social equality is inherently revolutionary (influenced through religious figures like Jesus, Confucius, Buddha, and Muhammad) >birth doesn’t mean anything, but knowledge does
in kingdoms where the strong ruled the weak, rulers and priests worked together, so laws of force, although possibly cruel, were also “divine”, so they were also right
the exploitation of the animal and vegetable kingdoms was justified by divine decree (Adam and Eve story) enemies (such as the saber-toothed tiger & mammoth) of humans became extinct, domesticated, or denominated as “game” everywhere, a state of war existed, between one people and another, as well as between a ruler and his people
new ways of killing and torturing, which were used to rule large populations humans learned how to survive and cultivate nature, and humans made man-made tools, systems, and products once you know you are ignorant, you can’t stop the thirst for knowledge, and humans can become unhappy from this >ignorance is bliss as long as you remain ignorant knowledge does not always bring happiness the notion that the world must be what we believe it to be because we believe it to be that way, brings both comfort and discomfort the certainty in mathematics is the certainty we put there >self-evident propositions (a finite whole is greater than any of its parts) (a thing cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect) two types of our general knowledge are characterized by certainty therefore animals and the primitive man are “dumb”, while human beings are “conscious” humans know particulars AND have general knowledge (all living things are born and also die) animals know particulars (a squirrel has a nest in that tree) >they know where they are, understand timing, where to get food and protection, where the best shelter is Urn:oclc:613727315 Republisher_date 20120304000023 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120303175105 Scanner .-the knowledge of a primitive man includes the particulars that most animals (dogs, cats, foxes, mice, etc) know Urn:lcp:historyofknowled00vand:epub:63a3e33d-51e5-494b-9218-c7a63a7ef264 Extramarc University of Pennsylvania Franklin Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier historyofknowled00vand Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7wm2c225 Isbn 9780345373168Ġ345373162 Lccn 91092141 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL9427580M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:07:40 Boxid IA174801 Boxid_2 BL11203T Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York, NY Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st Ballantine Books ed.
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