Religion is the practice of belief, in most cases identifying to the existence of a divine, transcendent being or beings. ... As humans we also seek answers; however the common principle underpinning all religion is the human instinctive intension to seek and possess the ability to influence our fortune on this world and the next. ... Even Dawkins has considered whether humans are 'indeed so weak in nature that society would break down without religion.'3 "Belief, practise and custom, whatever the personal or communal convictions are all shared in act and expression throughou...

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Part I analyses the historical-philosophical developments and conditions of a current way of Western thinking and living, their immanent dynamics and their relation to the present ecological crisis. This part also investigates Schelsky's thesis that from modern time onwards a specific epistemological model has become manifest, laying the foundations for our technological-scientific society. ... Comparing the theories of Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Francis Bacon, Hobbes, Newton, Locke and Vico, each in their own way reflects the above mentioned, adage. ... Part I exposes the relations...

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