The lectures start by outlining the three ways that one can look at the earth: Mythologically, Rational/Aesthetically, and Empirical/Mechanistically. ... These beings would then interact with the people of the society and if the people were good moral citizens that respected the powers and the blessings that these powers provided they then were not harmed by these forces. ... These complex concepts got the ball rolling on why the earth was the way it is. ... Newton did not dismiss the idea of God and he actually believed in God, but he did dismiss the idea that it was God who causes things...

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• Grade Level: High School

Appreciation can be plainly defined as the recognition and enjoyment of the good qualities of someone of something. ... Where on Earth are there fields of countless daffodils with the sea right beside it? ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate