and a set of electrons that orbit around it. The sun could be the nucleus, and the planets could be the electrons spinning around it. Do I have any way of proving this? No. Could it be true? I think so. Once we begin to rule out possibilities like these, than we are no longer in progress. There is never a definite answer in philosophy, or even in science most of the time. This is why philosophy is so closely related to science and religion. To me, there is a spectrum of beliefs and progress. Philosophy is on one extreme, lets call it the left side, and religion is on the right side. Science is in the middle, because although many people take it for facts and pure knowledge, much of it is questionable. I, personally, do not believe in the “Big Bang Theory”. I think that in my lifetime, or later on, someone (maybe me) will come up with a different theory, that people are just as willing to accept, about the formation of the universe. Today, however, the Big Bang is the only one mentioned in science textbooks. I disagree with Finlay saying that quest for civilization is measured by our attempts to bring mythology under the control of reason. Civilization, mythology, and control of reason are associated with each other, but one does not necessarily lead to another. I believe out quest for civilization is measured by the amount of questions we ask and explore. If we try to put mythology under the control of reason, than we are limiting the amount of questions we are going to ask. By limiting the questions, we are there is no progress, and civilization is not achieved. I do not think that philosophy in Ancient Greece can be described as a “complex interweaving of cosmic institutions and critical insights.” Philosophy in Ancient Greece was too controlled, and although there were brilliant ideas, they were lacking on critical insights.In the Meno, the young and ignorant, Meno interrogates Socrates, a wise and prominent...
