An Ideal World View

Prepared by: Almera Shella B. Cabogo

World View-definition

•  The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.

• A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.

An Ideal World View

Proponent: John Michell-He believes that mythology exerts great influence on society.

Newtonian Myth Platonian Myth

The universe is a great mechanism

The world is a living creature

The universe as living creature

“Sickness in one part causes sickness in the body as a whole”

Two constant sources from which we draw a cosmology

• These relates to each other as microcosm and macrocosm.• This was the standard that sustained the long lasting civilizations of antiquity and

institution.

Human NatureNature of the Universe

Ancient Civilization

• Michell gives examples of many communities over the past 400 years that have not survived.

• Marxism,Puritanism, various religious events.• This was suppressed by the church authorities

because their festivals involved human attributes.

Present two general world views

• One is established in powerEx. Expanding universe theory• Other is still in the process of formationEx. Colonizing other planets

The proposal to colonize other planets is just a myth.

This philosophy threatens the existence of the earth.

Cont.

• Darwin & Kropotkin’s view of life• The study of long-lasting civilizations shows how

human nature is inventive.• Steady-state science• Biologists challenge the Darwinian Theory.

Any world view is successful only when it reflects the world we know and experience.

This is how the roots of human nature and nature of the universe according to mythology influenced the society.

An Ideal World View

Earth as living organismMythology

Ancient CivilizationTheory of Evolution

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