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Between about 1000 BC and 0 AD it seems as if humans worked out how to get along in life. I'm on your side in following Christian scripture but I think you can
by hodgesrm 9y ago
Between about 1000 BC and 0 AD it seems as if humans worked out how to get along in life. I'm on your side in following Christian scripture but I think you can use any of the major texts that emerged during that time and get reasonable results.
In fact my main beef with self-help programs is that they tend to regurgitate a lot of basic lessons that already exist in ancient texts in cleaner and more direct forms, such as Matthew chapters 5-7 in the New Testament (aka the sermon on the mount). I certainly found this to be the case with the type of new age precepts that seems to be popular in training classes for corporate employees.
- adamsea 9y agoI'd go even further and say human beings have worked it out multiple times - the little bit of Buddhist literature I've read, or, from the Chinese angle, the Dao De Ching (Tao Te Ching) both contain a lot of wisdom. I'm sure other cultures have worked out part or all of it too. The sad thing is so much good stuff is out there, however people often don't listen, or take it to heart.
- walshemj 9y agoHave you read any classical history ? Thucydides records death camps in his history of the peloponnesian war.
- hodgesrm 9y agoIt does not follow that people necessarily behave, even when they know better. We still have that problem today.