Human naturesoulsdeathafterlife (or immortalityAquinas contends that we are soul/body composites, and that one's death brings about the dissolution of this union. Although he also contends that our souls will exist during the interim period between our death and the General Resurrection, it is ...
placesthe scarlet letter“A” upon her bosom to publicly shame her for their idea of feminine sin. The novel, “The Scarlet Letter” written byNathaniel Hawthorneexplores the themes of guilt, damnation, and love and passion which, subsequently, are all part of an individual's human nature. ...
As with religious obligations or duty to God, to ancestors, or to an abstract principle, it is the sacred or spiritual nature of the parent-child relationship and its underlying assumptions that makes mourning the death of a child such a long, agonizing, and, at times, transformative process...
The way nature is represented in art can elucidate or amplify these narratives. The stories of Adam and Eve and the medieval wild man are intimately tied to nature. A human figure can literally wear nature as a crown of foliage or a rough animal skin, thereby taking on the symbolic attribu...
Transcendence—Strengths that forge connections to the larger universe and provide meaning Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence (Awe, Wonder, Elevation): Noticing and appreciating beauty, excellence, and skilled performance in all domains of life, from nature to arts to mathematics to science to ...
Human Nature In Gilgamesh In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh was mostly divine but shared minimal characteristics of a god. Such characteristics were bold physical structures and the strength of a wild bull which he inherited from his mother, Ninsun, the cow goddess. Everything else such as hi...
With AGI combined with self-centered human nature, the known knowns are that the incentive is enormous and the technical capacities will eventually catch up. The known unknown is the who, the when, and what the fatal combination will do with extraordinary power. The unknown...
Humans have likely been attempting to communicate with entities believed to exist, such as the divine, sacred beings, and deceased people, since the dawn o
2021. “Forgetting an Empire, Creating a New Order: Trajectories of Rock-Cut Monuments from Hittite into Post-Hittite Anatolia, and the Afterlife of the ‘Throne’ of Kızıldağ.” In Afterlives of Ancient Rock-Cut Monuments in the near East: Carvings in and Out of Time, edited by...
Chapter 2: The Human Presence in Nature<introduction>The natural world provides the habitat in which people live and the backdrop for a multitude of human stories. The way nature is represented in art can elucidate or amplify these narratives. The stories of Adam and Eve and the medieval ...