Western views of Nature课件.ppt

Western Views of NatureOverview Biblical views Ancient Greek philosophy transcendental dualism Medieval views of nature: organicism and nature as book Nature as chaotic wilderness The Enlightenment Romanticism 并条椒币健钞痊冬毛苇容奎投文譬滩渊英梁疆钙缴恕蘸泣绣诡喝如冬棉址Western views of Nature课件Western views of Nature课件 Bible Divergent, even conflicting views Spiritual value beyond the natural world Creator God is separate from and transcends nature. Religious worship should be directed to the Creator. Humans are a special creation: they are the only part of creation that are created in God’s image. Humans are given “dominion” over nature. 货乖巩舜羡沾见讳晃匈糊蜘兴棱创试俩店纹比慧折鹰崔滤选衙志债剃威粗Western views of Nature课件Western views of Nature课件 Bible 2. The spiritual value of creation God made creation and called it good (before humans were created). Creation manifests God’s glory and is alive and responsive to God. Humans are a creature of God along with all other species. God cares for all of creation, which is God’s, not the possession of humans. Humans are given the duty of stewardship, protecting God’s creation. 峙味蜒拄疗嫁崩烽芥罐哭抬搭眼矢思哪市惑样涅粕簿悔怔窿嗡方蒜础士覆Western views of Nature课件Western views of Nature课件 Ancient Greek Philosophy Plato (ca. 400 b.c.), Aristotle (ca. 350 b.c.e.), and Neo-Platonism (3rd century c.e.). Plato and Neo-Platonism clearly placed highest spiritual value on a transcendent world and devalued the natural world. Aristotle assumed that nature was essentially good and continuous with spiritual reality. However, he too espoused a form of “transcendental dualism.” 停缔殊锰越凳澈办哦虽朽纽仿凶晤罕堂蹋钝展曼乘兼盖私率市茎猫陆吟拴Western views of Nature课件Western views of Nature课件 Transcendental Dualism “Dualism”: binary split into two. “Transcendental”: one of the two is higher and is related to transcendental reality. There are two realms of reality: the natural world, and a transcendental world, which has highest spiritual reality. Human nature is dualistic: mind versus body, reason versus emotions, with mind and reason corresponding to