Who is the supreme wise lord of light and goodness in the ancient
Chapter 1

Shaping the cosmos from chaos

Chapter 2

The quest for the ultimate one

Chapter 3

Whispers, visions, and earthly vessels

Chapter 4

Monuments carved for the heavens

Ch 2 · The quest for the ultimate one
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007skaty Baruch Spinoza redefined the relationship between God and the natural world.

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007skaty The Hindu concept of Brahman as the ultimate cosmic reality

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007skaty Zoroaster defined the ancient Persian struggle between light and darkness

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007skaty Spinoza's God of Nature

God and nature are just the same (just the same), flowing in an infinite frame (a giant frame).

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The Little Everything
BETA

007skaty Trace hidden patterns in nature to discover how the divine is woven into everything.

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007skaty Pharaoh Akhenaten transforms ancient Egyptian religion through sun worship.

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Akhenaten's sun revolution in Egypt

007skaty Amenhotep IV renamed himself Akhenaten, closed traditional temples to Amun, and built a new capital, Akhetaten, for the sun disc, Aten.

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What was the name of the short-lived capital city built by Akhenaten to honor his single deity?

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Which Egyptian pharaoh initiated a religious revolution in 1353 BCE to worship only the sun disc, Aten?

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Fun Fact

Zoroastrian fire: Zoroastrian fire temples keep a holy flame burning constantly; one temple in Yazd, Iran, has kept its flame lit since 470 CE.

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Zoroaster's battle of light and dark

007skaty Zoroastrianism shaped major world religions with its concepts of heaven and free will.

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Who is the supreme wise lord of light and goodness in the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism?

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Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions, originated in which modern-day country?

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Glossary
brahman (noun)
The ultimate, supreme, and unchanging reality in Hindu philosophy that is the source of all existence. In the Kena Upanishad, it is the unmanifest power guiding human thoughts, breath, and sensory perceptions.

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In Hindu philosophy, what is the term for the absolute, unchanging reality that underlies all things?

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Which ancient sacred Sanskrit texts, composed between 800 and 500 BCE, first deeply explored the concept of Brahman?

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Gossip

Which philosophical view of god makes the most sense?

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What Latin phrase did Baruch Spinoza use to express his pantheistic view that God and Nature are identical?

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Which 17th-century Jewish-Dutch philosopher was excommunicated for arguing that God and nature are the exact same thing?

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