Dualism: The Struggle To Find Order and Meaning The struggle to find order in the world and to distinguish humans from other forms of life has been the primal exercise of philosophers throughout recorded history. ... This permitted the philosophers to locate humankind in the overall life experience because it widened the perceived gap between other forms of life and human's seemingly special place in the scheme of things. ... The Romans maintained a massive number of gods to define and regulate every aspect of life, and most Romans lived very reserved lives. ... Dualism contr...

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It should be noted that this does not suggest that the quality of life was better for the Europeans, only that even the poorest European was materially better off than his counterpart in India or China. ... Europe was apparently in a better position to take advantage of the knowledge that began to rapidly accumulate as a result of the renaissance (much of it from Asian and Islamic cultures). ...

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