Ricoeurs Phenonenology eschews Aristotleian and Kantian rationalism preferring the essence -seeking descriptions that relate to concrete experience. He may therefore be committed to a form of dualism that is dialectical

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The legend of Icarus is a transcendental analogy with a message for humanity relating to the inherent hubris of man. Knowing oneself involves knowing ones limitations and valuing ones mortality. Deus Absconditis , the "new men" and their inventions.

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The History of World Mythology and Europes legacy of Ancient Greece, The Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Pelagius and the Free Will versus Original Sin. Loss of belief in the clergy, brutal burnings at the stake and the legacy of Romanticism for the Modern Period where new men roamed the world and Europe in the 20th century became a continent of killing fields.

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Europe and the Levant. Aristotle influential in both but Arabic commentaries narrowed the focus of Aristotles Metaphysical and Political/Ethical writings. The rise of Islam on the basis of the revelations and visions of one illiterate prophet did not appeal to those Western men schooled in Ancient Greek and critical Philosophy and used to a certain amount of secular freedom

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The Celtic Culture of slaves, Druids, Knights and romantic tales of the afterlife.Gnostic Immantism and "The Kingdom of God is not coming it is here, now and within you" Aristotles Influence counteracting supernaturalism. The cross of light and Johns conversation with God

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Alexander the Great installed a new European spirit in regions of the World beyond. He used Aristotelian Golden Mean principles and oracular proclamations to do this. Relationship between religious and Literary Texts. Freudian analysis of religious discourse.

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The tumultous upheavals of the Persian Period: internationalisation, interracialisation. Cyrus the King of Kings and the period of restoration. Eros is not a divinity but a means for man to live in friendly relations in a polis

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Oriental religion versus Ancient Greek Philosophy. The age of the new hero: Socrates, Plato and Aristote and the life of contremplation. The road of Zoraster and the corruption of the world. The Will and its decisions.

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