The Discovery of Heaven

Scientists are aware of our body composition including the complexity of our body parts. How we in fact see, hear, and feel is all explainable via scientific discoveries regarding the human body. To think that our spiritual body or soul is still able to see and hear is quite astonishing. Perhaps this further strengthens the acceptance of a soul and that as created beings we are more than the sum of our physical…

and the desire of ultimately gaining entrance into heaven. Christopher Columbus was important in the renaissance because he discovered America and discarded the theory of the world being flat. Financially, Columbus’s discovery brought in huge amounts of silver which made Europe wealthier. The importance of Christopher Columbus’s discovery is that if it wasn’t for him, the United States and the Americas might not have started. Columbus’s discovery allowed colonization to begin. Because he found…

this period instead of one empire ruled by one person. There were many smaller states that were ruled by their own king. The first two Chinese dynasties were the Xia and the Shang. At one point these were both believed to be purely mythical, but discoveries have revealed that the really did exist. It was discovered that before the rivers where diverted by Yu the great for improved agriculture and the safety of the towns that the areas would flood and many would die and be covered in the thick…

history they can reveal a plethora of information on any given society. Some tombs that stand out from the Bronze Age Aegean time period are the following: The Grave Circles at Mycenae, The Treasury of Atreus, and the Lefkandi Heroon. Thanks to the discovery of these ancient tombs we were able to uncover an abundance of information on the civilization from that era. At Mycenae there has been two grave circles discovered. The first, Circle A, was discovered by Schliemann in the nineteenth…

More than four hundred years ago, Johannes Kepler declared to the world that Mars travels on an elliptical orbit in his magnum opus the Astronomia Nova. This new elliptical orbital model of Mars not only perfected the heliocentric model of Copernicus in terms of providing it with a sounder mathematical foundation, and rendering it more able to predict the motion of Mars better than any traditional geocentric model like that of described by Ptolemy in the Almagest, but also challenged the ancient…

religious viewpoints. In this chapter of The Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu tells Gilgamesh of the nightmares he has. In his first nightmare the gods were angry with him and Gilgamesh. The gods wanted to punish them for killing Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven. Enkidu is the one that must be punished and his punishment is death. Soon after the dreams start, Enkidu becomes ill. Gilgamesh is so upset that he tries to plead with the gods to let Enkidu live. One morning Enkidu tells Gilgamesh about…

stars, beyond the moon. The intellectual community, which followed Aristotelian doctrine, believed that no star was supposed to be there, so this find was an unsettling discovery. This information shook confidence in the “immutable laws of antiquity and suggested that the chaos and imperfections of Earth were reflected in the heavens” (Britannica). With help from Denmark’s King Frederick II, Brahe established a large observatory on the island of Ven in 1576. There, Brahe hired assistants such…

of harmony”(Pine25). If one observes the Tao and submits to the natural flow of energy in the universe, one will be at peace. Lao-Tzu maintains the idea if people behaved badly because they were forced through poor government and unjust laws. The discovery of the cruelty and disgraced by a politician of the time, Lao-Tzu a curator of the Royal Library of Chou resolved to leave China and encourage others not the corrupt law (Allan 2).…

Columbus When looking back at figures in history our culture has glorified it may seem easy to simply go along and never question that the textbooks told the entire story. Christopher Columbus, the man who gets credit for the discovery of the Americas, depicted by many as a hero. Columbus had good attributes, like his ambition, dedication, and confidence. But like many people do Columbus had flaws: dishonesty, selfishness, and a general disregard for other humans.Unfortunately he also did some…

remember.’’ Victor said, ‘’I have described myself as always having been imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature. In spite of the intense labour and wonderful discoveries of modern philosophers, I always came from my studies discontented and unsatisfied. ’He also said, ‘’It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me,…