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The limits of development II |
| Date Added: April 01, 2010 07:11:56 AM |
| Author: mikechoen01 |
| Category: Business & Economy: Marketing and Advertising |
| 3. The aspiration for respect, power and fame (200—1500 CE) 200—600 decline of civilization 600—1000 the Muslim Empire 800—1100 the Middle Ages, a dark period 1100—1300 the Crusades 1300—1500 the Renaissance New ideas do not emerge suddenly, but in settings of thorough intellectual preparation. The scientific and intellectual achievements that were forgotten during the decline of the Greek civilization once again came to the fore, with renewed vitality, in the 12th—15th centuries. Active thinkers of this time included Abraham Bar Hiya, Ibn Latifah, Raymond Lully, Emmanuel Bonfils, and Pico della Mirandola. During this period important scientific works in Hebrew, Greek and Arabic were translated to Latin, and thinkers like Ibn Latif and Lully sought to unify the sciences into an integral system. From 1320 to 1520 Italy became the center of humanistic revival. The works of Leonardo da Vinci, Bellini, Petrarka, Boccaccio, Titzian, Michelangelo and others expressed the new social aspirations of the time. The Renaissance freed people from old conceptions, compelling them to change their mode of thought and traditional ways of life. This in turn facilitated the beginning of swift scientific growth. 4. The yearning for knowledge (1500—1995) 1500—1700 the Reformation, the rise of science and technology 1700—1800 industrial growth 1800—1900 the Industrial Revolution 1900—2000 the World Wars This period is characterized by heightened development of the desire for knowledge. At this time thinkers like Spinoza and Rene Descartes produced revolutionary works that facilitated the emergence of modern science. Religious reformer Martin Luther was active precisely at this time, advancing ideas that caused an upsurge in Europe. The new worldview was also favorable for the development of classical mechanics and engineering. Discoveries were being made at such a rate that in two centuries the material world transformed beyond recognition. Nevertheless the technological progress did not provide the wished-for solution to the global community’s problems. 5. The spiritual level (1995— ) Beginning with 1995 people began feeling a need for spiritual fulfillment. This spiritual need is not directed at religion, but at finding balance with nature. This desire stems from an incongruity, from the fact that nature is altruistic and man is not. Man has always experienced this incongruity as a feeling of pain and suffering, but at the end of the 20th century the delta between human egoism and nature's altruism has become so vast that people cannot endure the resulting feeling of discomfort. Reaching the top of the pyramid of desires does not signify the end of development, but the beginning of a new world. This marks a passage to the following level, where a person's inner forces undergo a total change and he reveals possibilities never before imagined. Having actualized his final egoistic desire, man now enters the stage where he will actualize his first altruistic desire. In this critical transition period, it is important to give people an explanation, to show that this situation is not a dead-end, and to provide a method for further growth. Without such an explanation civilization's movement will come to a halt. This unfortunate effect is already being expressed as crises in virtually all areas of human activity. http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/mystzohar.htm http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/mystzohar.htm |
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