What significance does ancient philosophy have to offer other life forms in the universe?
Part I of II
Religion: life, ‘…universe was alive’
Science : substance, ‘… the universe was made of a single substance’
Philosophy: abstraction, ‘…numbers were the realities of the universe’
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Responsibility, responsibility, responsibility…
This is not a concept for just ourselves as individuals, nor for us as a species.
It is a concept involving all life forms within our universe.
A definition of life is nothing other than a simple statement providing the rational foundation for behavior.
It does not say what the behavior should be; it provides the rationale for the behavior society sets in place.
Religion provides the guidelines for behavior based upon faith.
But this guideline for behavior needs a base upon which it can rest.
If religions give the reason and emphasize one behavior over another simply,
‘Because we said so’ or ‘Because the Causative Force said so’ or ‘Because if you don’t you will go to hell and if you do you will go to heaven,’ then they are setting the base of their argument upon a foundation of sand.