The Truth in the Myth
Myths are all around us, trying to convey the message that there is something more out there. The myth was about woman whom prayed to the sacred cherry blossoms God to kill her lover because of a betrayal and at the same time, there was a man whom had died because of loneliness in the next city over. It would be call insanity to believe a trivial thing now, but there is true to all myth, to see that one must go beyond the text and myth and examine what ancient Greek philosophers have to explain, the natural balance in the universe and unknown life after death.
Greek Philosopher Aristotle before his life had end, he come up with many explanations on how the universe works. He had taught his students this “Every object has a purpose in the grand design of the universe" (Aristotle). It means that everything happens for one reason known and unknown. This explains why a person might pray, to learn his or …show more content…
The myth had continued to say, “Every year it blooms on his death day, even though the ground is white and all the other trees are leafless” (Skinner). Does the tree really bloom on this death? The answer is no, however does the man’s soul stayed within the tree. No one can really have a solid answer about really happens, and that is why it is a very big mystery. No one ever come back to talk about life after dying. That is why so many people there are myth, legends, and fables base on someone that no one knows about. It is because no one knows that there are different ideas to what happens after life and living. The idea of something that humans do not know is foreign and terrifying. To make up for the feeling of terror, human beings come up with “good and bad” concept. Which explains the simple concept of if a person does something “bad” she or he will go to an awful place and if a person does good then she or he will go to a rewarding
Myths are all around us, trying to convey the message that there is something more out there. The myth was about woman whom prayed to the sacred cherry blossoms God to kill her lover because of a betrayal and at the same time, there was a man whom had died because of loneliness in the next city over. It would be call insanity to believe a trivial thing now, but there is true to all myth, to see that one must go beyond the text and myth and examine what ancient Greek philosophers have to explain, the natural balance in the universe and unknown life after death.
Greek Philosopher Aristotle before his life had end, he come up with many explanations on how the universe works. He had taught his students this “Every object has a purpose in the grand design of the universe" (Aristotle). It means that everything happens for one reason known and unknown. This explains why a person might pray, to learn his or …show more content…
The myth had continued to say, “Every year it blooms on his death day, even though the ground is white and all the other trees are leafless” (Skinner). Does the tree really bloom on this death? The answer is no, however does the man’s soul stayed within the tree. No one can really have a solid answer about really happens, and that is why it is a very big mystery. No one ever come back to talk about life after dying. That is why so many people there are myth, legends, and fables base on someone that no one knows about. It is because no one knows that there are different ideas to what happens after life and living. The idea of something that humans do not know is foreign and terrifying. To make up for the feeling of terror, human beings come up with “good and bad” concept. Which explains the simple concept of if a person does something “bad” she or he will go to an awful place and if a person does good then she or he will go to a rewarding