The Axial Age

The Enigma Of Historical Evolution

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Entries from November 2010

Karen Armstrong’s harmful book

November 26th, 2010 · No Comments

http://darwiniana.com/2010/11/26/harm-done-to-question-of-the-axial-age/

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Secularism and Old Testament history

November 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

http://darwiniana.com/2010/11/22/old-testament-history-secularism-and-the-axial-age/

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Early men weren’t monotheists

November 20th, 2010 · No Comments

http://darwiniana.com/2010/11/17/ye-olde-cave-man-warnt-a-monotheist/ Talking about monotheism and the evolution of primitive man is ridiculous. We see, in any case, the late arrival, or crystallization, of monotheism in the Axial period.

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Nietzsche vs the data of the Axial Age

November 15th, 2010 · No Comments

http://darwiniana.com/2010/11/12/nietzsche-on-history-vs-the-axial-age-data/

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God of the Old Testament

November 9th, 2010 · No Comments

http://darwiniana.com/2010/11/02/god-of-the-old-testament/

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Fine tuning, the Axial Age, and Greek tragedy

November 8th, 2010 · No Comments

http://darwiniana.com/2010/11/06/fine-tuning-the-axial-age-and-greek-tragedy/

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The Axial Age and religion vs secularism

November 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment

http://history-and-evolution.com/whee4th/chap5_1_2.htm We see that the Axial interval is only secondarily a question of religion. In the first place, the religions that do appear in the wake of the Axial interval are not absolute innovations but, in our terminology, relative stages or transformations in place of outstanding religious traditions. Thus this period is not as such [...]

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